Spokane

American

[spoh-kan] / spoʊˈkæn /

noun

a city in E Washington.

Spokane British

/ spəʊˈkæn /

noun

a city in E Washington: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 196 624 (2003 est)

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“That relationship is not exactly instilling trust at the moment,” Seger told the Spokesman Review, a local Spokane news outlet.

From Salon

I told her and Spokane didn’t exactly make her click her heels, because her life is about being plugged into big cities.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a 90-minute drive to Spokane, or a commuter flight to Seattle, to go anywhere by the airlines.

From The Wall Street Journal

The mass demonstration on June 11 was in response to the detention of two young asylum seekers in Spokane by ICE who were present in the U.S. legally.

From Salon

In Spokane, Wash., residents formed a spontaneous human chain around their undocumented neighbors mid-raid, their bodies and cameras forming a barricade of defiance.

From Los Angeles Times

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