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Cape Girardeau

American  
[juh-rahr-doh] / dʒəˈrɑr doʊ /

noun

  1. a city in SE Missouri, on the Mississippi River.


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In Cape Girardeau: Set in a fictitious town called North Carthage,”Gone Girl,” starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, includes several shots of downtown, including a bar, town clock, park and courthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

“We were not caught off guard,” said Bruce Skinner, the chair of the eclipse committee at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2024

“To that end, I am moving for the immediate removal of the Cape Girardeau Coroner.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2024

Last week, the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, school board voted overwhelmingly to restrict cellphones in the school district starting in January, KFVS-TV 12 reported.

From Washington Times Nov. 27, 2023

The man who owns the Cape Girardeau restaurant, Shannon Davis, has linked it and three other of his 12 McDonald’s franchises to the Colorado call center, which is run by another McDonald’s franchisee, Steven Bigari.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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