burg
Example Sentences
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It’s not the sort of place where grand history happens, and yet, in 1971 this sleepy burg was the site of a world-historic upset.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The town is Maplewood, a quaint commuter burg which is home to a number of New York Times employees and, probably not coincidentally, is the subject of frequent coverage in the New York Times.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023
One of the earliest proceeded June 11 in Fall City, the unincorporated burg 25 miles east of Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Burg after burg built supposedly smokeless municipal burners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
Most of the athletes boarded buses heading west to the new Olympic village in Charlotten- burg, but the American oarsmen climbed onto two buses bound for the little village of Kopenick southeast of Berlin.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
