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Cranwell

British  
/ ˈkrænwəl /

noun

  1. a village in E England, in Lincolnshire: Royal Air Force College (1920)

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Prince Charles made his comments at a graduation parade for pilots at the RAF's Cranwell College in Lincolnshire.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022

“Jennifer would make an exceptionally good lieutenant governor,” said C. Richard Cranwell, a former state Democratic chairman and legislator, when asked about the senator.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2019

"By the time we had taken the case on, Ahmed Mohamed had fled the country," said Det Ch Insp Mark Cranwell.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2018

Their names echo across the map: Carnforth, Cranmere, Cranwell, Cranborne, and, from the Nordic, Tranmere.

From Newsweek • Mar. 12, 2015

Some advantages of the change—establishment of training depot at Cranwell, and of the famous Fifth Group at Dunkirk.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir