Carbondale
Americannoun
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a city in SW Illinois.
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a city in NE Pennsylvania, near Scranton: coal-mining center.
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Developed by SIU Carbondale Geology Professor Ken Anderson, the process combines water and oxygen under high temperature and pressure to break resistant materials into compounds microbes can access.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Carbondale, Ill., wonder, who grew up fishing a pond in his backyard, rocketed up the sport with his wizardry for forward-facing sonar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Carbondale is in the southwestern corner of Illinois.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Because Carbondale happened to be in the path of totality in 2017 and is so again in 2024, it seems many believed Monday’s eclipse encore would trigger a calamitous seismic event in town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
In 1846 at Carbondale almost fifty acres of mine shafts collapsed simultaneously without warning, claiming hundreds of lives.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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