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Roswell

American  
[roz-wel, -wuhl] / ˈrɒz wɛl, -wəl /

noun

  1. a city in SE New Mexico.

  2. a town in central Georgia.


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His team recently received pilot funding from Wilmot and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to test the technology in pancreatic cancer, another tumor type that often responds poorly to immunotherapy.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

It’s a treat to see Spielberg enjoying staging this conspiratorial gossip in different film stocks, from the black-and-white noir of 1947 Roswell to the clinical security-camera look of today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

After winning their award for best group, Wolf Alice's singer Ellie Roswell spoke up for small independent artists and venues, noting that 30 pubs and clubs had closed in the last year.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

“They wanted to stop the interest in the Roswell case because it was leading into areas they didn’t want us to look at,” he said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

A truck brought it up from Roswell in 1993.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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