Pittsburg
Americannoun
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a city in W California.
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a city in SE Kansas.
Example Sentences
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Noah Wyle plays Dr Robby, a traumatised, hard-nosed yet deeply empathetic lead physician in the A&E department of a Pittsburg hospital.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
As a young lad growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pittsburg, my school uniform consisted of corduroys the color of Ash Wednesday, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
Its newest clinic opened in August in Pittsburg, just 30 miles from Oklahoma.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024
In New Hampshire, people flocked to places such as Lancaster, Stewartstown, Colebrook and Pittsburg, near the Canada border.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024
Ma—Bill wants that I shood tell you this—he was not at Pittsburg Landing.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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