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Kannapolis

American  
[kuh-nap-uh-lis] / kəˈnæp ə lɪs /

noun

  1. a town in W North Carolina.


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Their headquarters are in Kannapolis, North Carolina, but the race team runs out of a modest factory in Banbury, Oxfordshire.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Blackwell grew up in Kannapolis, N.C., attending college and law school at the University of North Carolina.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2021

The company was just emerging from bankruptcy, and thousands of workers at its home base in Kannapolis, North Carolina, viewed Perdue as a potential savior, according to Scott Shimizu, a former executive vice president.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2021

In Jim Crow-era Kannapolis, North Carolina, where Thompson was raised, black men were mostly relegated to low-paying jobs at a textile mill and black women weren’t hired at all, he recalled.

From Washington Times • May 17, 2019

Booker eventually made it home when the Kannapolis cleanup hitter, Brandon Dulin, grounded a ball to second.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2017

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