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Attleboro

American  
[at-l-bur-oh, -buhr-oh] / ˈæt lˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ /

noun

  1. a city in SE Massachusetts.


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The retired nurse, who lives on Attleboro Lane, claimed vibrations caused by heavy machinery had damaged their property: "It's destroyed our home, I'm embarrassed about home, it's falling apart."

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

The three tornadoes in Connecticut and Rhode Island were categorized as EF-1, while the one in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, was an EF-0.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2023

In October 2018, Pensavalle’s grandson Max Gross, a talent agent at WME, made a weekend trip with his family to Attleboro, Mass., to celebrate Pensavalle’s 90th birthday.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2023

Charles Eugene Cartier, 81, of Madison, N.H. and Attleboro, Mass., pleaded guilty in New Hampshire to voting in more than one state, a Class B felony, in the 2016 election.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2022

These rude mills were the original sources of a progressive, ever-widening, material prosperity for which Attleboro is justly noted.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various

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