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Gastonia

American  
[ga-stoh-nee-uh] / gæˈstoʊ ni ə /

noun

  1. a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.


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She owns the 130-employee company, based in Gastonia, N.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Gastonia police said the boy’s mother reported that she handed the boy her keys and asked him to start the vehicle as they left a relative’s home on Tuesday night, WSOC-TV reported.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2022

After park workers in Gastonia told Jackson that his portable loudspeaker was forbidden, Jackson hopped up on a picnic table and shouted out his stump speech.

From Washington Post Jul. 12, 2021

Harrington, a Gastonia native and real estate broker, was a Republican activist back home.

From Washington Times Nov. 30, 2020

The names of cities called to him—Memphis, Wilmington, Gastonia, New Orleans.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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