Dubuque
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The most immediate conclusion is that it might be OK to stop agonizing about skipping that long haul to Dubuque this holiday season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
She felt a calling to become a nun in the third grade, and after high school joined a convent in Dubuque, Iowa.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Dubuque, on Iowa’s eastern border with Illinois, closed its city offices Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024
At the dimly lit bar in Dubuque, he eschewed his typical stump speech and launched straight into a question-and-answer session as his wife, Apoorva Ramaswamy, a surgeon and cancer researcher, looked on.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024
This is two and a half days after they watched the Casino Joe’s fireworks show on the bank of the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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