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Granite City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.


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Celtic described it as "extremely regrettable" the match in the Granite City was postponed - "particularly at such a late stage".

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

The company expects to add about 400 employees at Granite City to operate the blast furnace, raising the plant’s workforce to about 1,200, a person familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Granite City, located near St. Louis, has the capacity to produce about 3 million tons of sheet steel annually, but has operated below that volume for most of the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

“Hope Clinic in Granite City, Iliinois, just across the river from St. Louis, continues to see the vast majority of their patients traveling from out of state, most of them from Missouri,” Shariyf said.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

He paid frequent visits by train to the Granite City, to make purchases for the good old Laird McLeod.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Gordon Stables

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