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Asheville

American  
[ash-vil] / ˈæʃ vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in W North Carolina.


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The population in the Asheville, N.C., area, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene in September 2024, shed domestic migrants.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Around 20 minutes later, Kirkpatrick arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville, still bleeding.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2025

Last July, the 32-year-old had to travel to Asheville, North Carolina, to obtain a surgical abortion after doctors told her at 15 weeks that her baby had heart failure and was not going to survive.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2025

Fulton died July 14 in Asheville, N.C., after a period of declining health, according to an obituary posted by Groce Funeral Home in North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2025

“I haven’t been to Asheville in ages,” she said, getting behind the wheel of Gus’s old car.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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