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Rolla

American  
[rol-uh] / ˈrɒl ə /

noun

  1. a city in S central Missouri.


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This problem isn’t isolated to Rolla – child care providers are closing in other rural areas.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

She and Mr. Carnahan raised four children on a farm outside of Rolla, Mo., a small community in the Ozarks.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Larry Gray, a certified public accountant from Rolla, Missouri, said he had concerns early on about how the program could be abused.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Alanna Krolikowski, a political scientist at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, thinks that researchers should push for international treaties to protect the Moon.

From Scientific American • Mar. 9, 2023

Mr. O'Brien therefore requested me to send a good detective to meet Connell in St. Louis, whence they would go together to capture the men at Rolla.

From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan

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