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Corby

American  
[kawr-bee] / ˈkɔr bi /

noun

  1. a town in NE Northamptonshire, in S England.


Corby British  
/ ˈkɔːbɪ /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in N Northamptonshire: designated a new town in 1950. Pop: 49 222 (2001)

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Martin Langford, Corby Foodbank's manager, said the packs would "make a real difference to how people look and feel".

From BBC

Styles was arrested at an aircraft hangar, while Sivakumar was arrested after taking the migrants to the nearby town of Corby in his Mercedes.

From BBC

“Barbara Lynch helped Boston open its food horizons,” said Corby Kummer, the executive director of the Food and Society program at the Aspen Institute and a longtime food writer in Boston.

From New York Times

Her parents, Lee Dooley and Lesley Fishwick, from Corby, said Skylark did not change her breathing tube, which is due to be changed weekly, during her seven-week stay.

From BBC

They will now be joined from 2 to 6 May by 1,000 workers in non-examination roles in the same offices, and interview officers in Birmingham, Corby, Hemel Hempstead, Leeds, Portsmouth, Sheffield and Plymouth from 3 to 6 May.

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