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Belleville

American  
[bel-vil] / ˈbɛl vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois.

  2. a city in NE New Jersey.

  3. a city in S Ontario, in S Canada.


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Late on a cold afternoon in March, a motorist in Belleville, Ill., came upon a young boy wandering down a busy street without shoes and wearing only a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

He said that cities where voters of color are the majority — such as Newark, Patterson, Belleville, Passaic, and Atlantic City — are key targets for the campaign.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

Mr. Heil died on Feb. 28 of cancer in a hospital in Belleville, Ill., his daughter Julie Staley said.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

The Belleville, Ontario, native retired after the 2018-19 season and bought a restaurant equipment company in his hometown.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

No sign of Rabbi Shilsky, whom I traced to a Brooklyn address in the 1960s, where he apparently landed after wandering through Norfolk, Virginia; Belleville, New Jersey; and Manhattan.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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