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[lik] / lɪk /






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His pre-Indiana State playing résumé included stints at Northwood Institute, a technical college in West Baden, and Hancock Construction in Mitchell, a town about 20 miles north of French Lick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Still, Lick and others concede that the mere mention of an Amazon partnership generally elicits reactions, both from the companies that benefit and the ones that appear to be in the way.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

"I am proud that both UCO's Lick Observatory and the Keck Observatories were involved in the characterization of a really important system," said Matthew Shetrone, deputy director of UC Observatories.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

At the top of Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, Calif., Lick Observatory looks out over the dense sprawl of the San Francisco Bay Area.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023

I didn’t go then, because by the time I returned from French Lick, I was tapped out and that was it, and there was no more traveling anywhere for a long while.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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