Indianapolis
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Known for a five-hundred-mile automobile race (the Indianapolis [Indy] 500) held each year in late May.
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Lundberg, a Swede who is now retired, quit a prominent job at AstraZeneca in London to take a position at Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Her vehicle shook the whole ride to Indianapolis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Bader followed through with a previously scheduled foot and ankle specialist in Indianapolis on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The next LIV event starts at the JCB Club in Staffordshire on Thursday before tournaments in New York and Indianapolis prior to a scheduled team championship in Michigan.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In Nellie Pitezel’s letter from Indianapolis, she had written “we are at the English H.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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