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Downey

American  
[dou-nee] / ˈdaʊ ni /

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.


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“That will be a big part of our behind-the-scenes discussions with advertisers,” said Downey.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“We’re deeply concerned about the sharp caseload decline we will see beginning this week,” said Nolan Downey, senior director of policy for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

When the late and great Times sports columnist Mike Downey decided years ago to write about jockey Billy Shoemaker, he did so perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

The clip gave the first look at Robert Downey Jr - who played Iron Man in 2019's Avengers: Endgame - as the new masked villain, Doctor Doom.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It was the summer after Terryl Danielson’s ninth-grade year in Downey, California, a town near Compton, not far from Los Angeles.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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