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Marshalltown

American  
[mahr-shuhl-toun] / ˈmɑr ʃəlˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a city in central Iowa.


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Born Mary Beth Supinger in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Sept. 25, 1946, Hurt studied drama at the University of Iowa before pursuing graduate studies at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Last year fire gutted the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, where many poor people were living, claiming 77 lives and leaving many injured.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

Being Hindu and Indian is “part of my cultural identity, for sure, and I’m proud of that and very comfortable with that,” he said after a campaign stop in Marshalltown, Iowa.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2023

The nighttime blaze swept through a five-story building in the Marshalltown district of Johannesburg, trapping many of the hundreds of people who were living there in badly overcrowded conditions.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Not the boys of Marshalltown, at any rate.

From A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson by Anson, Adrian Constantine

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