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Charlottesville

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

noun

  1. a city in central Virginia.


Example Sentences

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Her favorite airport, though, is Charlottesville Albemarle Airport near Charlottesville, Va. It’s the closest airport to her family’s farm house, purchased during the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Slate

After he was exposed as a participant in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Fuentes distanced himself from the swastika-waving contingent of the far right and pursued a new optics-friendly suit-and-tie aesthetic that he hoped would appeal more to disaffected young conservative men.

From Slate

The 1924 bronze sculpture by Henry Shrady and Leo Lentelli was deeded to Charlottesville’s Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, a Black-led nonprofit, whose members had it cut up, the pieces melted down and then recast in the image of stacked gold bricks, awaiting repurposing.

From Los Angeles Times

The Lee statue’s partner, an imposing 1921 Charlottesville equestrian sculpture of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and his famous horse, Little Sorrel, by Charles Keck, was the raw material for Kara Walker’s devastating piece at the Brick.

From Los Angeles Times