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Boise

American  
[boi-zee, -see] / ˈbɔɪ zi, -si /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.


Boise British  
/ ˈbɔɪzɪ, -sɪ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Idaho: the state capital. Pop: 190 117 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and his accomplice Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, remain in federal custody after their arrest Aug. 24 in Boise, Idaho, on wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The romp abruptly ended at the Boise airport when Love and Chan were removed from a white sports car by federal agents, according to a video obtained by TMZ.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The service, dubbed Prime Air, offers drone delivery in as little as 30 minutes, and will launch to metro areas including Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, Syracuse, N.Y., and Boise, Idaho.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Micron raised $300,000 in seed money from local Boise business leaders, and in 1980 it received a $1 million investment from J.R.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

“We’re lucky it didn’t get impounded. I called the manager, and he said ‘no problem,’ but Carl Walter was still in Boise until today.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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