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Quad Cities

American  

plural noun

  1. the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, together with Rock Island and Moline, Illinois.


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Paul Rumler, president of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, lobbied Miller-Meeks to support the infrastructure bill.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

Deere is one of the largest employers in the Quad Cities, a clutch of Illinois and Iowa locales, including East Moline, that straddle both sides of the Mississippi River.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021

Finley was called up from Class-A Quad Cities in late May and saw a blend of personalities and temperaments that was borderline toxic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

An Illinois man unexpectedly won the Quad Cities Marathon this weekend when the two Kenyan runners who had far outpaced him were disqualified after being diverted off the course by a race volunteer bicyclist.

From Fox News ● Sep. 28, 2021

“We go to the Quad Cities or Iowa City or Chicago or St. Louis to shop and mainly to kind of get out of town.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2021

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