Jonesboro

[ johnz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh ]

/ ˈdʒoʊnz bɜr oʊ, -bʌr oʊ /

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a city in NE Arkansas.

a town in NE Tennessee: oldest town in Tennessee.

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“Evoke” and “invoke” both derive from the same Latin root “vocāre.”

She and her husband Shan fell more than $5,000 behind on rent for their one-story Jonesboro, Georgia ranch house after Shan lost his trucking job in March.
'How Am I Going To Make It?' Months of Eviction Uncertainty Are Taking a Toll on Millions of Families|Alejandro de la Garza|September 21, 2020|Time
In Atlanta, average rents have climbed 65% since 2010, while in Jonesboro, the suburb where the Jacksons live, rents shot up more than 25% in just the past three years.
'How Am I Going To Make It?' Months of Eviction Uncertainty Are Taking a Toll on Millions of Families|Alejandro de la Garza|September 21, 2020|Time
Both were educated in Jonesboro and they had a family of ten children, of whom Thomas was the youngest.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
In the course of the next joint debate at Jonesboro', Mr. Lincoln easily disposed of this sophism by showing: 1.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln|John G. Nicolay

The day was pleasant but the audience was the smallest of the series, except the one at Jonesboro.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon
Howard found an intrenched foe (Hardee's corps) covering Jonesboro, and his men began at once to dig their accustomed rifle-pits.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman
There were still about two thousand, mostly captured at Jonesboro, who had been sent back by cars, but had not passed Chattanooga.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman