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Fort Myers

American  
[mahy-erz] / ˈmaɪ ərz /

noun

  1. a city on the W coast of Florida.


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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers are reporting delays averaging more than 90 minutes because of thunderstorms, and Miami International and Orlando Airports were both reporting ground stops.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Voorman, a 71-year-old retired pharmaceutical sales manager living in Fort Myers, Fla., gets his health insurance through a Medicare plan that doesn’t cover the drug, which meant he used to pay the full cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Healy is based in Fort Myers, Fla., and Florida is the state with the highest foreclosure rate in the country: 1 in every 1,829 housing units there has a foreclosure filing.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

Serena, a friend of mine who survived Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, in 2022, has similar feelings whenever hurricanes start roiling in the Atlantic.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

Councilman Grandy indignantly denied that the money was a bribe from the pancake people; then he rushed out and hired the most expensive defense lawyer in Fort Myers.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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