Franconia
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In 2021, for example, he broke his thumb after aggressively ripping off his shirt in the clubhouse, former Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Franconia told reporters at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Melissa Bagley, 44, of Lynn, Massachusetts, drowned Tuesday while trying to rescue her 10-year-old son, who had fallen into a swift current while visiting Franconia Falls.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
The stakes were high: The state was mulling a northern extension of Interstate 93 through Franconia Notch and needed to know if the Old Man could survive the blasting the project would entail.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
B. maeuseri is currently on display at the Bamberg Natural History Museum in Upper Franconia, Germany.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
Like the stadium, most were being clad with natural stone, all of it German—more limestone from Franconia, basalt from the Eifel hills, granite and marble from Silesia, travertine from Thuringia, porphyry from Saxony.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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