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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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A Coast Guard helicopter was sent from Air Station Detroit and two airboats headed to the scene from nearby Station Marblehead, said Petty Officer Jessica Fontenette.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

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

The library’s most prolific contributor was a chemical engineer, chess champion and World War II veteran named Albert Helzner, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, who submitted 16 manuscripts.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2019

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