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Waterville

American  
[waw-ter-vil, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌvɪl, ˈwɒt ər- /

noun

  1. a city in SW Maine.


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He’s also the guy whose banged-up right throwing shoulder is jangling pregame nerves from Waterville to Woonsocket.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

The novel’s action centers on Barbara Levesque, the once-and-future matriarch of Waterville, Maine’s, Franco American community.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2025

Austin Thorndike, a member of her congregation at Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville, stood beside her.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2024

"The way in which this tree produced hugely long leaves around its spindly trunk, and the sheer number over a short length of trunk, is startling," says Robert Gastaldo of Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2024

"Why, Long Jim, the same man what swindled Teddy out of his fifteen dollars at Waterville."

From The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair by James Otis

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