Elmira
Americannoun
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Prices rose most in Elmira, N.Y., a metro just north of the Pennsylvania border, where single-family prices were 22% higher than one year prior.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
"We see that a massive price shock not only has a short-term impact, but can also affect the long-term physical development of children," says Elza S. Elmira, the study's lead author.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
Elmira and Hamida are well aware that not everyone around them will be forgiving.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
He spent most of his time playing video games in his room at his parents’ house in Elmira, a city in south-central New York.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023
Four years after Osborne left, however, a former guard from Elmira named Lewis Lawes took the helm and in twenty years on the job became America’s most famous and admired warden.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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