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Iowa City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SE Iowa.


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Following Rufo’s speech, Clara Reynen, a graduate student and former candidate for the Iowa City Council, stood up to say she didn’t think the center should exist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Dan Timmer, who drove down that morning from Iowa City, where he was visiting family, joked he was coming in from the big city to be an agitator.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

Together, Andrews and Wilson created “Deafman Glance,” a seven-hour “silent opera,” which premiered in 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

We returned home to Iowa City, where I’m a professor at the University of Iowa.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

George Naylor’s corn probably went to Cargill’s mill in Iowa City.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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