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Glen Ellyn

American  
[el-uhn] / ˈɛl ən /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois.


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The adults, who now all live in Glen Ellyn, a western suburb of Chicago, are scheduled to fly to Seattle on Thursday for the hand-chosen final adventure.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2021

“It permeates everywhere — you can’t get away from it,” Ms. Irwin said, sitting in the Glen Ellyn public library.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2019

He received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Maryknoll College, a now closed Catholic seminary in Glen Ellyn, Ill., in 1954 and, three years later, a master’s degree in social work from Loyola University Chicago.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2015

Mogni was a third-year finance major from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, who was participating in a semester-long program at John Cabot University.

From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2015

Then he’d call out things like, “Hey, Tommy. Did you have a relative named Kasimir who owned a bakery in Glen Ellyn? The guy died in a car crash on Saturday.”

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

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