Newtown
Americannoun
noun
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By 2014, Truelove had come to believe that the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., never happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
I was a good student at Newtown High.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Also, the Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk, within Newtown Park, holds monuments to honor veterans and is a community space where visitors can pay their respects.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
The man's children called police in Newtown County after they had not heard from their father during his trip to Sam's Throne campground for a couple of days, Sheriff Glenn Wheeler said in a statement.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
They ambled along, stopping now and then to breathe deeply of the smell of Newtown Creek which flowed its narrow tormented way a few blocks up Grand Street.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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