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Miquelon

American  
[mik-uh-lon, meekuh-lawn] / ˌmɪk əˈlɒn, mikəˈlɔ̃ /

Miquelon British  
/ miklɔ̃, ˈmiːkəˌlɒn /

noun

  1. a group of islands in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Miquelon said, however, that inflation is subsiding even as the U.S. potentially heads into “something more typical of a recessionary environment in the short term.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2022

“We’re not a huge company, but that $100 million increase that they passed onto us is, you know, more than our entire profit,” Jo-Ann Stores CEO Wade Miquelon told the president in the video.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Local media said about 500 opponents of the passes gathered for a protest in St Pierre and in Miquelon, where Covid infections are rising.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

Claireaux is member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a French overseas territory in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2022

The Bahamas, Belize, and the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon sold them millions of gallons of liquor.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield