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Carbondale

American  
[kahr-buhn-deyl] / ˈkɑr bənˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois.

  2. a city in NE Pennsylvania, near Scranton: coal-mining center.

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Aspen Glen Club in Carbondale, Colo., has a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course and a shuttle to Aspen Snowmass’s four ski mountains, complemented by ski-fitness classes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Carbondale is in the southwestern corner of Illinois.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024

I considered joining the eclipse crowds in Carbondale, Ill., where a news report on Atlas Obscura said that old-time apocalyptic fever — also known as modern-day conspiracy theorist hokum — had taken hold.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Carbondale in Illinois is forecast to be mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 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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