on the town
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Yet rumba is so much more than the soundtrack to a good night out on the town.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
The sky pulsed red with the glow of a distant Guy Fawkes Night bonfire, and a cold, wet fog sat heavily on the town of Inverness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Of his novel’s effect on the town during the July festival, Hemingway once wrote, “It is all there as it always was except forty thousand tourists have been added.”
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
The borough council has described the vacant Waterloo House building as a "blight" on the town centre.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
One Tuesday afternoon, the heat of August lying on the town like a corpse, Colonel Meecham ordered Ben and Matthew into the car for a trip to the base.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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