Example Sentences

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In 1971, he moved his family to the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, where his home was adjacent to a runway and he had a hangar to store his planes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Despite often sounding like a couple of Debbie Downers, they somehow succeed at keeping the narrative upbeat and interesting.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023

Downers Grove Democrat Rep. Anne Stava-Murray sponsored the legislation in the Illinois House of Representatives after a school board in her district was subject to pressure to ban certain content from school libraries.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Tyson said in October it would relocate all corporate employees from offices in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, along with those in Chicago and Downers Grove, Illinois, to its headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas.

From Reuters • Jun. 2, 2023

A hasty glance out the window told him that they were at Downers Crossing.

From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Stuart, Gordon