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Kirksville

American  
[kurks-vil] / ˈkɜrks vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in N Missouri.


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Audrey Jackson-Post, 34, of Kirksville, Missouri, said her household’s financial situation has been difficult.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

“The shift in rattling is subterfuge on the part of the snake,” said Bruce Young, an anatomist at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri, who reviewed the paper.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Still University in Kirksville, Mo., - decided to expand its education to medical students.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2017

Sarah Jane Kemp was born Feb. 6, 1942, in Kirksville, Mo. Her father worked for the FBI and moved the family to Alexandria, where she graduated in 1959 from Francis C. Hammond High School.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2015

He didn't know; he didn't want to teach a spring term of school; believed he would go back to Kirksville for ten weeks.

From The Story of General Pershing by Everett T.

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