Gastonia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On Friday, after two events in Greensboro, she dashed from a family pharmacy in Gastonia to a get-out-the-vote rally at the historically Black Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte to the packed pep rally.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
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
After park workers in Gastonia told Jackson that his portable loudspeaker was forbidden, Jackson hopped up on a picnic table and shouted out his stump speech.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021
Harrington, a Gastonia native and real estate broker, was a Republican activist back home.
From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2020
The names of cities called to him—Memphis, Wilmington, Gastonia, New Orleans.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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