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Beckley

American  
[bek-lee] / ˈbɛk li /

noun

  1. a city in SW West Virginia.


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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

Before that, he was general manager and executive editor of the Beckley Register-Herald.

From Seattle Times Aug. 15, 2023

Still, as the American example shows, Mr. Beckley says, “a peaking power isn’t doomed to decline.”

From New York Times Jul. 24, 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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