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
Paul Martin, who lives near Newtown in Powys, said the cottages, two of which are "restricted to holiday use", are "very close" to his home making them unsuitable to be sold as separate residential homes.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The pair first travelled to The Hanging Gardens in Llanidloes, a community project focused on resilience and creativity, before going on to visit an art gallery in Newtown.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
Then there was the minister, Mr. Beach, who lived in Newtown but spent Saturday night here in Redding so he could preach in our church early Sunday morning.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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