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Weirton

American  
[weer-tn] / ˈwɪər tn /

noun

  1. a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.


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In Weirton, West Virginia, a steel town fallen on hard times, a battery manufacturer came to establish a new industrial basis for the community.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

That included $22 million he and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., won for water treatment for the city of Weirton.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022

In another case, the complaint alleges that the diocese hired a lay teacher to work at a high school in Weirton, W. Va., in 2011 but didn’t do a background check on him.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2019

He taught in nearby Weirton, W.Va., before becoming principal at a Pittsburgh primary school in 2016, which coincided with the beginnings of strange behaviors that they later discovered were related to his brain cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2018

In the weeks after the incident, Mader, who had been a member of the Weirton Police Department for less than a year when the Williams shooting happened, was placed on probation, and eventually fired.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2018

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