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Lackawanna

American  
[lak-uh-won-uh] / ˌlæk əˈwɒn ə /

noun

  1. a city in W New York, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo.


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“We view the acquisition of Lackawanna as neutral to positive, but believe that the Equinor share is fully valued unless a long-term oil price of $85-$90 per barrel is assumed.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Biden won the Democratic stronghold of Lackawanna County, due in large part to Scranton, by nine points in 2020, outperforming Hillary Clinton in 2016 who won the county by under four points.

From Reuters Mar. 22, 2023

“The heaviest snow will be along a line from Lackawanna and Hamburg inland toward West Seneca and Cheektowaga and Lancaster.”

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2022

Born and raised in nearby Lackawanna, New York, Sullivan was a summer intern in 1980 at what was then called the Buffalo Evening News.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2022

“He was gonna buy the Erie Lackawanna, but my mother wouldn’t let him.”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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