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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.


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At the Monday meeting, the planning-board member said the new Marblehead plan had preliminary approval from a state agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Recently, Marblehead settled on a plan that its voters could get behind: change the zoning codes at the Tedesco Country Club and golf course, where apartments could hypothetically be built, but likely won’t be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

By chance, just a few weeks into the semester, a total eclipse was set to begin off the coast of Massachusetts, near Marblehead.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2022

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

Dressed in rugged deerskin hunting shirts, the Virginians met up with some locals from nearby Marblehead, Massachusetts, who made fun of the Virginians and their frontier outfits.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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