Kalamazoo
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Find a friendly judge in Kalamazoo or East Lansing or Columbus to bang a gavel and void the Wolverine win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Within five years, Operation Breakthrough, the ambitious, but ultimately costly, delay-ridden and politically unpopular federal initiative that had propped up the Kalamazoo factory and eight others like it across the country, ran out of money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
In Kalamazoo, the audience got to experience this on “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight,” which opened the show, as well as “It Ain’t Me, Babe” and “Watching the River Flow.”
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
In the adjacent Pavilion Township, more than a dozen homes were destroyed in a mobile home park and 16 people were injured, said Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Four choices filled all the phone screens: Detroit, Kansas City, Kalamazoo, and Flint.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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