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Frome

British

/ frəʊm /

noun

a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)

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Barnardo's in Frome has put out an appeal for donated uniform, due to the high demand they are seeing, and parents in Somerset have set up Facebook groups to help.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

He had served as MP for the former Somerset and Frome constituency since May 2015.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

Avon and Somerset Police said a body was discovered by a dive team which was searching the River Frome in the Napier Road area of Eastville at 18:00 BST on Monday.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

A flood warning is also in place for the River Frome in Somerset.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The East of the Mohicans.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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