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Brookline

American  
[brook-lahyn] / ˈbrʊkˌlaɪn /

noun

  1. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.


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He’s now sent hundreds of homesick New Englanders classic dishes, like pork fried rice and boneless ribs from area favorites like Golden Temple in Brookline and Fantasy Island in Salem.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Beacon Financial, the result of a recent merger between Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp, is among your newer positions.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The crowd's behaviour drew comparisons with the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline and the hostile atmosphere of Hazeltine in 2016.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Surveillance footage captured a gray Nissan Sentra like the one Neves Valente had rented a mile from Loureiro’s home in Brookline, Mass., but this time with an unregistered Maine license plate over the Florida plate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

We drive west of the city into Brookline, to an area where the streets widen and the trees thicken and the houses grow bigger and more spaced apart.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz