Merrillville
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There wasn’t enough interest for a girls’ soccer program at Keiller’s Merrillville, Ind., high school in the late-1980s, and Keiller said leadership prohibited her from playing with boys.
From Washington Post
The Lake County coroner’s office said those killed included a 20-year-old woman from Olympia Fields, Illinois; a 26-year-old man from Lafayette, Indiana; and a 25-year-old man from Merrillville, Indiana.
From Seattle Times
Air Force veteran Isaiah Smith, 26, of Merrillville, Ind., says his chest pain feels “like an elephant on your chest, and you have no way to move it, or to relieve the pressure for it, it’s just there, constantly.”
From Washington Post
Even though Hudson was eventually eliminated from “Idol” competition — finishing seventh, in one of the most shocking upsets in the series’ history — she was later given the rare opportunity to open for Franklin at a concert in Merrillville, Ind. Then, after Hudson won an Oscar for her showstopping portrayal of Effie in the 2006 filmed adaptation of “Dreamgirls,” she and Franklin met to discuss a possible biopic.
From Washington Post
“I got to open up for her in Merrillville , Ind. in 2003 at one of her concerts,” says Hudson.
From Los Angeles Times
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