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Mattoon

American  
[muh-toon] / məˈtun /

noun

  1. a city in E Illinois.


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Now, in 2025, as I watched the movie on my iPad, some of the names of the characters—Gen. James Mattoon Scott, Col.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

—Chase Mattoon, El Segundo: Made field goals from 25, 40 and 28 yards in win over South Torrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024

It said the Mattoon, Illinois-based company should be valued on its assets rather than its current cash flow.

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023

There was a decently strong tornado that went about 45 miles south of Urbana-Champaign, through Mattoon, Illinois.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2021

The contractors, Phelps, Mattoon and Barnes, who also had builded the Watertown & Rome, had unpaid balances still remaining.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford

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