Barnstable
Americannoun
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In Massachusetts, nearly 300,000 were without power, according to poweroutage.us, including 85% of customers in Barnstable County, which includes all of Cape Cod.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
After polls closed across most of Massachusetts Tuesday night, one town, Barnstable, kept polls open until midnight after a broken vault door kept ballots locked inside for most of the day.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022
“We saw data on a Friday from Barnstable County,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022
He asked Ms. Janerus to wear it at their wedding, on Sept. 11, at what is now their home in Barnstable.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021
He had lately heard of a Scotchman who had been carried by fairies into France; but the purpose of his present letter is to communicate other sort of apparitions than the ghost of Barnstable.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
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