Lubbock
Americannoun
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Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury, 1834–1913, English author, natural scientist, and statesman.
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a city in NW Texas.
noun
Example Sentences
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Before he landed in Lubbock in 2022, Tech head coach Joey McGuire spent 14 years coaching Texas high-school football at Cedar Hill, where he racked up 141 wins and three state championships.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
He would probably laugh his toothy laugh at the absurdity of it, because he was well aware of the first absurd indignity of his life in Lubbock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
However, Tom Lubbock, from pollsters JL Partners, thinks focussing on Reform UK is "extremely smart politics".
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
A local Lubbock news outlet reported on a large drugstore where vitamin A supplements and cod liver oil, which contains high levels of vitamin A, were “flying off the shelf.”
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025
But when Frank informed Huxley, Hooker, Lubbock, and other friends of his fathers death, they felt strongly that Charles should be given a hero’s burial.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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