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Marblehead

American  
[mahr-buhl-head, mahr-buhl-hed] / ˈmɑr bəlˌhɛæd, ˌmɑr bəlˈhɛd /

noun

  1. a resort town in northeastern Massachusetts: a center for recreational boating, especially yachting.


Example Sentences

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The helicopter lowered a rescue swimmer and began hoisting operations while an airboat got underway from the nearby Marblehead station, the Coast Guard said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

Caleb Miller Marblehead, Mass. The writer is a visiting assistant professor of politics at Washington and Lee University.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2021

In the famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” by Emanuel Leutze, there, at George Washington’s right knee, is a Marblehead Mariner vigorously poling the general on to victory at Trenton.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021

A bill sponsored by Marblehead state Rep. Lori Ehrlich, among others, would stiffen penalties for those caught illegally hunting or trapping in the Bay State’s forests.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2019

Jamie paid the rent, signed a form using the name Angelo Michaels and gave his address as Marblehead, Massachusetts.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg