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McAllen

American  
[muh-kal-uhn] / məˈkæl ən /

noun

  1. a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.


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MCALLEN, Texas — Vanessa Ovalle has a “frontline view” of Texas schools as a single mom and a speech pathologist at a local school in McAllen, a city in the Rio Grande Valley bordering Mexico.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Seaholm wanted to add 60,000 square feet to Universal’s metal stamping plant near McAllen, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Or they could buy every home in McAllen, a city of roughly 150,000 people located near SpaceX’s Starbase headquarters — and still have $74 billion left over.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026

She recalls crossing the border from her hometown in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the wee hours of the morning to McAllen or Brownsville in Texas to score primo deals at the big-box stores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

Dr. McAllen meanwhile also had made a telephone call, and settled down not far from Barney to wait.

From Gone Fishing by James H. Schmitz

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