Peoria
Americannoun
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a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
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a town in central Arizona.
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Stock was a Peoria, Ariz.-based roofer who was troubled by televised police pursuits “that featured several tragic endings of innocent motorists being injured,” according to his company’s website.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The grappler system was invented by a Peoria, Ariz., entrepreneur and was first employed by the Phoenix Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
When Nate Wallick takes his kids tubing on the Illinois River near their home in Peoria, he makes them wear football helmets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
"Under normal circumstances, flies stop moving when exposed to strong airflow," said Saldes, now a science research specialist at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria and a former doctoral student at UTEP.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026
An extensive program of research is under way in the United States Department of Agriculture laboratory at Peoria, Illinois, to find a way to culture the organism of milky disease on an artificial medium.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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