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Greeneville

American  
[green-vil] / ˈgrin vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in E Tennessee.


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Leibovich recorded Graham asking rhetorically at a rally in Greeneville, South Carolina, about rumors he had changed.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

“I get a kick-start on my career,” said Smith, a sophomore at Greeneville High School in eastern Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

District Judge Clifton Corker originally had a four-hour window blocked off Tuesday for the hearing in Greeneville, Tennessee.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

But Greeneville — a small town of about 15,000 residents, where Mr. Johnson married, served as alderman and briefly as its mayor — claims him with some pride.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2020

It was the part of prudence to act upon this information, and Burnside ordered all his infantry except one brigade to march toward Greeneville.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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