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Glen Ellyn

American  
[el-uhn] / ˈɛl ən /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois.


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The former state legislator and Army veteran faces Jay Kinzler, a Glen Ellyn transplant surgeon and colonel in the Army reserves.

From Washington Times Mar. 16, 2020

“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

Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 officials say they’re building their reserves for pension obligations and life safety projects.

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2018

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

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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