Bethlehem
Americannoun
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a town in NW Jordan, near Jerusalem; occupied by Israel since 1967: birthplace of Jesus and David.
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a city in E Pennsylvania.
noun
Example Sentences
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The activists travelled to Jannatah, near Bethlehem, to build a protective fence around the home of the Faraj family, who have come under pressure from Jewish extremists.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ruff, whose kids go to school in Bethlehem, told the BBC she immediately texted her sister, who said: "Yeah, we were just talking about it.'"
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
His father, who helped manage the new Burns Harbor plant for Bethlehem Steel, chose to move his family half an hour northeast along the dunes rather than west where more Black Midwesterners lived.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
The uplighted orrery glows on the faces of two boys who lean into the circuits of solar orbit as it once glowed on the faces of the shepherds and magi at the crib in Bethlehem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
“We’d like to tell you about Jesus Christ,” they announced, and he thought to himself, “I was born in Jerusalem, right down the road from Bethlehem, and they think they’re just now telling me?”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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