Orono
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Lead singer Orono Noguchi’s voice doesn’t compete with the group’s maximalist sound; instead, her dreamlike delivery grounds the music and makes the band’s insightful lyrics more meaningful.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022
The 51-year-old male driver was critically injured, according to Orono police.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021
This week, the University of Maine, Orono, followed UM’s lead, announcing on 29 June it would strip Little’s name from a building.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 2, 2020
Police said the group was headed to Orono, Maine, from Schenectady, New York, for a Christmas concert Wednesday night.
From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2019
They afterward asked us, with great earnestness and apparent apprehension, "When the Orono would come again; and what he would do to them on his return?"
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert
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