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county

noun as in province or district of area

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His view is that the taxpayer already has to pay "for a crime that happens, for the fact that people are in the illegal drug markets, for gangs that we see across county lines".

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Eastern counties have a yellow wind warning, and a yellow rain warning is in place across Northern Ireland.

From BBC

The 10-page proposed agreement was sent Wednesday to public and private universities, including some of the most selective institutions in the county.

More recently, Intel — one of Oregon’s largest private employers — announced it was laying off 2,400 employees in a county just west of Portland.

Every day, some of L.A.’s poorest residents line up outside the county benefits office in South Central, weaving their way through a swarm of salesmen hawking deals that feel too good to be true.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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