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Wilkinsburg

American  
[wil-kinz-burg] / ˈwɪl kɪnzˌbɜrg /

noun

  1. a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.


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The gun was not connected to the Wilkinsburg killings, Mr. Jubas said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2022

Mr. Topping, a Bethesda resident, was born in Wilkinsburg, Pa., and settled in the Washington area in 1968.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2021

Elwood would slaughter chickens and transport them to places like Wilkinsburg, New Kensington and East Liberty, Chicka said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2019

What’s missing in Wilkinsburg is investments in people with real links to black-owned businesses, entrepreneurs and historically black institutions, which cultivate conditions for economic and social growth.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2018

That week he proposed to abandon the Swissvale meeting-house, and build one in Wilkinsburg, giving as a reason the impossibility of keeping up a congregation with me on the farm.

From Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

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