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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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“And the Quad Cities is certainly one of those places that has long-term needs.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 23, 2021

Flemming and her colleagues even got a show of support from a group of unionized tank manufacturers from Ohio, who drove all the way to the Quad Cities last week to visit the picketers.

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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