Fort Wayne
Americannoun
noun
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I was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., but we moved around a lot early on.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Steel Dynamics, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was involved in three previous failed attempts to take over BlueScope's American steelmaking operations.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
When I was a freshman in college at the University of Michigan, during the winter break, I went back to Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is where I’m from.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
General Motors said it had expanded truck production at its factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, by about 50,000 as a result of the tariffs.
From BBC • May 3, 2025
In 1809 Indiana’s territorial governor, William Henry Harrison, badgered and bribed a few destitute Delaware, Miami, and Potawatomi individuals to sign the Treaty of Fort Wayne.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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