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Wilkes-Barre

American  
[wilks-bar-ee, -bar-uh, -bair] / ˈwɪlksˌbær i, -ˌbær ə, -ˌbɛər /

noun

  1. a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.


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There’ll be no more,'" he said at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, referring Abdul Rahman al-Logari, the Islamic State-Khorasan member who an investigative report by the Department of Defense identified as the suicide bomber. "

From Salon Sep. 4, 2024

Factories in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., together make about 36,000 shells per month.

From New York Times May 29, 2024

The station reported that the SkyWest flight had arrived from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, while the GoJet flight had arrived from Richmond, Virginia.

From Seattle Times Dec. 6, 2023

In 1873, he is listed in the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., city directory, with a hat shop on Main Street.

From Washington Post Feb. 4, 2023

After moving around a bit we finally settled in the town of Wilkes-Barre.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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