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Willow Run

American  

noun

  1. a suburban area west of Detroit, Michigan, near Ypsilanti.


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Few debutantes but many other women powered war production in places such as Ford’s plant in Willow Run, Mich., which eventually assembled a B-24 bomber every hour.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2020

The Willow Run Bomber Plant at peak capacity produced a B-24 Liberator every hour, around the clock.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019

No members of Michigan’s basketball team were hurt after their plane skidded off the Willow Run Airport runway in Ypsilanti.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2017

The Willow Run site is much larger and would allow automakers to test self-driving cars at highway speeds and in more complex environments.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2016

At Willow Run, B-24s roll off the assembly line instead of Ford sedans.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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