Gastonia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Children were playing basketball on a street in Gastonia, N.C., on Tuesday when the ball rolled into the man’s yard, angering him, the family and neighbors told local broadcasters.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023
Gastonia police said the boy’s mother reported that she handed the boy her keys and asked him to start the vehicle as they left a relative’s home on Tuesday night, WSOC-TV reported.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Harrington, a Gastonia native and real estate broker, was a Republican activist back home.
From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2020
The Gaston County Health and Human Services Department issued a statement Thursday warning that two people who attended Trump’s October 21 rally in Gastonia, North Carolina had tested positive for the coronavirus.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2020
The names of cities called to him—Memphis, Wilmington, Gastonia, New Orleans.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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