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New Bern

American  

noun

  1. a city in E North Carolina.


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I took that job selling pharmaceuticals, which eventually led me to New Bern, N.C., which led me to living on a creek, which led me to writing “The Notebook.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

Sparks, who The Times interviewed over Zoom from his home in New Bern, N.C., had been a Shyamalan devotee for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Videos from social media showed riverfront communities in North Carolina such as New Bern, Belhaven and Washington experiencing significant flooding.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

The New Bern Sun Journal in North Carolina will go to one day a week.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2022

He looked up as he had looked up as a child when his father would bring the black-winged Corsair over their house in New Bern, North Carolina.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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