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Macomb

American  
[muh-kohm] / məˈkoʊm /

noun

  1. a city in NW Illinois.


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Mr. El-Sayed cleaned up in Washtenaw County, home of the University of Michigan, while losing majority-black Detroit and working-class Macomb County.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

At the time, she sought $11 million in damages, but a Macomb County judge awarded her $25,000 instead.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

He increased his vote share in rural areas as well as in Macomb County, home to many working-class voters in the Detroit suburbs.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2024

Smith, a Democrat, began working in the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office in 1993, was first elected prosecutor in 2004 and resigned as prosecutor in March 2020 after the attorney general filed criminal charges.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2023

Leaving three thousand under Macomb, at Plattsburgh, he with the remainder took up his sulky and discontented march for Sackett's Harbor, where he arrived on the 13th of September.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

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