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Plattsburgh

American  
[plats-burg] / ˈplæts bɜrg /

noun

  1. a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.


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When Colin Read tackled the mines in Plattsburgh, he saw how easily they could change location.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

The inflated taxi fare left them without enough money to afford the $90 tickets for a bus to New York City, stranding them in Plattsburgh.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

For Diaz, the city's payment of the roughly $150 fare to Plattsburgh offered an extra incentive for a decision she had been weighing for months.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2023

“The military gave me and my family free bus tickets,” one Venezuelan, Raymond Peña, told the newspaper in Plattsburgh, New York, about 20 miles south of the border.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2023

He was a major before he left Plattsburgh.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood

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