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Peekskill

American  
[peek-skil] / ˈpik skɪl /

noun

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


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And while this incident didn’t involve a house, a meteorite crashed into the trunk of a red Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, N.Y., in 1992, staining the space rock red.

From Scientific American • May 25, 2023

Diana Baez of Peekskill said she attended because she wanted to support the values espoused by Mr. Cameron’s book.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2022

Benjamin Richard Civiletti was born in Peekskill, N.Y., on July 17, 1935, and raised in nearby villages where his father worked as a grocery store manager.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

They had a village on what is now the Peekskill waterfront.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2020

From North Salem to Peekskill was more than twenty miles.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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