Shaker Heights
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Ms. Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, an affluent suburb of Cleveland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Each chapter in “Dream Town” is named after someone who played a major role in the fight for equity in Shaker Heights schools — parents, administrators, teachers and students.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
It’s an important issue for the 42-year-old Chinese American author, whose parents emigrated from Hong Kong and raised her in Pittsburgh and Shaker Heights, Ohio.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022
“I want to believe that this is a character he is playing,” said Rob Zimmerman, a Democrat and former city councilman from Shaker Heights, Ohio.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022
They seemed like nice people, these Wrights—nice people who had been through a lot, nice people who could have been her neighbors in Shaker Heights.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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