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Fairhaven

American  
[fair-hey-vuhn] / ˈfɛərˌheɪ vən /

noun

  1. a city in SE Massachusetts.


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While home with her mum Susan and dad Stephen, she decided "on a little bit of a whim" to walk a marathon around Fairhaven Lake to raise funds for the clinical research team at King's.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

For best effect, Grass says, arrive by train around sunset, taking in the scenery near Chuckanut Mountain and focusing on the historic Fairhaven neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Just south of Bellingham, historic Fairhaven decks out 100-plus-year-old buildings and antique-style lampposts with red velvet swag and radiant glow.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

The Coastal Ecosystem Alliance, based in Fairhaven, Mass., wants to weaken the protection act to allow hunting and slow the seals’ population growth, board member Peter Krogh said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

A man was sculling shoreward from a fishing schooner that lay at anchor off the docks; and a whaleboat crawled like a spider across the 15 harbor toward Fairhaven on the other side.

From All the Brothers Were Valiant by Williams, Ben Ames