Fleetwood

British

/ ˈfliːtˌwʊd /

noun

a fishing port in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop: 26 841 (2001)

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Only this time Tommy Fleetwood, the Englishman paired with Lowry, joined the celebrations and gave his Ryder Cup teammate a hug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Fleetwood tuned up his short game with a hole-in-one which made the patrons roar, with American trio Justin Thomas, Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley also carding aces to dial up the entertainment factor.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

She had a way of belly-dancing to “Rhiannon,” the classic Fleetwood Mac song, that turned heads throughout the club.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Vale are toiling at the bottom of League One and so far on this cup run I have wrongly predicted they will lose to Fleetwood, Bristol City and Sunderland.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“Rain and brollies provide good cover. We’ll sneak out through the back of the building. It’s too dangerous going out the front. We can’t risk Fleetwood following and discovering that I’m staying in Bletchley.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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