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Charlottesville

American  
[shahr-luhts-vil] / ˈʃɑr lətsˌvɪl /

noun

  1. a city in central Virginia.


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Rhoback has a single retail store in Charlottesville, Va., and it plans to use the Champ investment to open new locations, co-founders Kevin Hubbard, Kristina Loftus and Matthew Loftus told The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

If Charlottesville taught journalists to be wary of amplifying ideology, the current moment demands an understanding that, in an attention economy, amplification itself is the ideology.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2026

He cited in particular his response to a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

From Slate Nov. 8, 2025

The year after the Charleston church massacre, a young Black woman, Zyahna Bryant, petitioned the city of Charlottesville to remove its statues of Jackson and Lee.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2025

On the way into Charlottesville, I stopped to pick up a few other items.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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