Emporia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The change in the net-sales guidance was because of a recent fire at the company’s Emporia, Kan., manufacturing facility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
So Witherspoon enrolled at the nearest public four-year higher education institution, Emporia State University, about 60 miles up Interstate 35.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
Grizzard's father, Claude Umstead Parrish, was a Merita Bread salesman who went in on a commercial bakery in Emporia, Virginia in 1941 with $15 and sweat equity.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022
Bowyer, a native of Emporia, Kansas, stopped immediately after the collision and called 911, police said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022
The black Chevrolet was again parked, this time in front of a Catholic hospital on the outskirts of Emporia.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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