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Gastonia

American  
[ga-stoh-nee-uh] / gæˈstoʊ ni ə /

noun

  1. a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.


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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