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Greensboro

American

[greenz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh] / ˈgrinzˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ /

noun

a city in N North Carolina.

Greensboro British

/ ˈɡriːnzbərə, -brə /

noun

a city in N central North Carolina. Pop: 229 110 (2003 est)

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Yarrow hopes that the Norway squad photo, which will sit next to a table tennis table at the side's Greensboro base in North Carolina, has the same impact.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“There had been a conditioning process,” said Heather Holian, a professor of art history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Anne Robinson, the owner of Scottish Gourmet in Greensboro, N.C., said on that call that she had changed a lot of the gift packaging for the cookies, candies, jams and other items she assembles.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Jered Yalung, a pharmacist who owns a home-care agency in Greensboro, N.C., recently had a patient with dementia who began refusing to take his medications because he was choking on a large potassium pill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

They could go to Charlotte or Greensboro together.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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