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  • St. Peters
    St. Peters
    noun
    a town in E central Missouri.
  • St. Peter's
    St. Peter's
    noun
    a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.

St. Peters

1 American  

noun

  1. a town in E central Missouri.


St. Peter's 2 American  

noun

  1. a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.


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Authorities have released no details about the man killed or the officers, and no one has responded to messages left Wednesday with Wentzville, St. Charles and St. Peters police departments.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2023

A county official told News 4, a St. Louis TV station, that emergency dispatchers were overwhelmed with water rescue calls, mostly from the St. Peters and O’Fallon areas.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2022

St. Peters police said the suspect drove away from the convenience store in a car that was later found near Interstate 70 in nearby O'Fallon, Missouri.

From Fox News Dec. 29, 2021

The pope, speaking at his Sunday blessing in St. Peters Square, said he was praying for the families of the victims and urged the perpetrators to “abandon the path of violence”.

From Reuters Oct. 17, 2021

As we entered the sluggish current of the St. Peters at Mendota, the stream was nearly bank full and it seemed like navigating a crooked canal.

From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris

Pope Leo extended an olive branch to them last October by celebrating mass in Latin at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

At a peace vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Leo said that that a “delusion of omnipotence” is fueling the war that has left thousands dead.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

On Sunday, Leo will preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square before delivering a typically political blessing which is especially anticipated this year.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

He was also seen in St. Peter's Square for the announcement of the new pope and then, according to the Mirror, with actress Zoe Kravitz in his Cheshire hometown over Christmas.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

Our bench was on its feet and so was the St. Peter’s bench.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

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