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Galesburg

American  
[geylz-burg] / ˈgeɪlz bɜrg /

noun

  1. a city in NW Illinois.


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Later, as a scholarship student at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., he spent many Sundays preaching at area churches.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

In Galesburg, Illinois, Annevay Conlee has watched four nearby obstetric units close since 2012, forcing some pregnant people to drive up to an hour and a half for care.

From Salon Jan. 4, 2024

In Hill’s story, the Galesburg Grabber is described as a fat man, with overt parallels to Gacy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2022

Hope Ervin, 21, from Galesburg, Illinois, told FOX News that she and her boyfriend adopted Sylvie, a Shiba Inu, in July from Paws Jackson, an animal shelter in Jacksonville, Illinois.

From Fox News Aug. 23, 2021

The record for fast trotting is held at present by Mr. Morris Jones' mare "Alix," which trotted a mile in two minutes three and three-quarters seconds at Galesburg in 1894.

From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton)

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