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Galesburg

American  
[geylz-burg] / ˈgeɪlz bɜrg /

noun

  1. a city in NW Illinois.


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Later, as a scholarship student at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., he spent many Sundays preaching at area churches.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

White had Optetrak implants inserted into both her knees at a Galesburg, Illinois, hospital in June 2012.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2022

In Hill’s story, the Galesburg Grabber is described as a fat man, with overt parallels to Gacy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2022

The officers, responding to a 911 call about a suspect with a gun at Circle K covenience store in Galesburg, were chasing the vehicle after the driver fled during an attempted traffic stop.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2022

In 1875, the so-called Galesburg Rule having been adopted by the Council, the Iowa Synod declared that confessional scruples no longer prevented her from an organic union with the Council.

From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

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