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Beckley

American  
[bek-lee] / ˈbɛk li /

noun

  1. a city in SW West Virginia.


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He was born on Sept. 11, 1921 to Lebanese immigrant parents and raised in Beckley, W. Va., a coal town where his father worked as a storekeeper and miner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

But the cabin has internet, so messages kept coming in about her one-woman No Kings demonstration the prior weekend in Beckley, West Virginia.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

Sarah Broadbent from Beckley in East Sussex runs a glamping business and discovered some of her properties were being shown on a scam site, which has since been shut down.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025

Burks’ mother, Kimberly Burks, told Justice during a town hall meeting earlier this year in Beckley that the state’s findings were “a lie.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

Other Republican operatives like John Beckley, the Speaker of the House, were focusing on the political factions in Pennsylvania, another key state.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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