Battle Creek

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noun

a city in S Michigan.

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How to use Battle Creek in a sentence

Around the time Liebig launched his extract company, John Harvey Kellogg, a staunch vegetarian, set out to redefine traditional American meals at his health sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.
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First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
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The audio message featured the words, “the real battle in Lebanon is yet to begin.”
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The Daily Beast spoke to a jubilant League on Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes battle to get The Interview to movie theaters.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
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He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.
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It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.
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In a minute Bruce was back with his hat full of water from the creek that whimpered just beyond the willow patch.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair