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Holliston

American  
[hol-uh-stuhn] / ˈhɒl ə stən /

noun

  1. a city in NE Massachusetts.


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At 12 a.m., a deputy reports multiple houses on fire on North Holliston Avenue near East Altadena Drive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Spencer, a golden retriever who became the Boston Marathon’s official race dog, died at home in Holliston, Massachusetts, on Feb. 17.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Both Andrew and our staff photographer Amelia Krales followed the path of e-waste recycling from Manhattan, through Staten Island, New Jersey and onto a huge recycling facility in Holliston, MA.

From The Verge • Jun. 26, 2016

While Thayer insisted that Mudville was purely fictitious, residents of Holliston, Mass., and Stockton, Calif., each thought it was their town that had been immortalized.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2016

Whiting was born at Holliston, Mass., September 14, 1842.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert