Uxbridge

British

/ ˈʌksˌbrɪdʒ /

noun

a town in SE England, part of the Greater London borough of Hillingdon since 1965; chiefly residential; seat of Brunel University (1966)

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Pereira was arrested in his room at an asylum hotel in Uxbridge, west London, and told officers about his "long and tireless battle with the Home Office to try to attain asylum", said the prosecutor.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The 66-year-old is due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

The 46-year-old, of Slough, Berkshire, was due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on 22 January.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Even now, sixty years later, I can still remember that Dobson’s father was a doctor and that he lived, as I had learnt from the label on Dobson’s tuck-box, at The Red House, Uxbridge, Middlesex.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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