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Blue Island

American  

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.


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A co-conspirator, Jordan McPhearson of Blue Island, Illinois, was sentenced last year to 42 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Lynne Ingersoll of Blue Island, Ill., became “kinless” three years ago after her sister died.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

At age of 14, in the late 1980s, Picciolini met a charismatic neo-Nazi recruiter in a dark alleyway of Blue Island, Illinois, a working-class Chicago suburb.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2021

A biology teacher juggles her duties as bridesmaid to three friends, as well as teaching a summer enrichment class at her favorite place in the world, Blue Island.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

At Blue Island, Illinois, hundreds of dead and dying birds were picked up.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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