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Newburgh

American  
[noo-burg, nyoo-] / ˈnu bɜrg, ˈnyu- /

noun

  1. a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.


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Over the centuries, the story of the burial of English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell's headless body at Newburgh Priory in North Yorkshire has been myth, rumour and legend.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

The lawsuits, which include challenges filed against Mount Pleasant, Cheektowaga and Newburgh, help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in deeply Republican states.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Fifteen of the veterans were staying at a hotel in Newburgh, a city about 60 miles north of New York City.

From Washington Times • May 14, 2023

In June 2021, Argyros' Gulfstream landed at the small airport near Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley, having flown cross-country from California.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2023

Davis, DiPaola, and Charlebois had found one in a bad neighborhood in Newburgh, about an hour north of Sing Sing.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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