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picayune

[pik-ee-yoon, pik-uh-] / ˌpɪk iˈjun, ˌpɪk ə- /


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Picayune earnings for rank-and-file soldiers often forced to do the dirty business of repression isn’t the foundation of a resistance force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Mr. Hardin was not charged at the time, and wound up applying for a new role at a J.R.O.T.C. program two hours away from Picayune.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2022

“We should all pay for it or all not,” said Bryant, of Picayune, Mississippi.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

The search for fuel sent some from Louisiana over the state line into Mississippi, to places like Picayune and Poplarville, where the power was on and gas was flowing.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021

Papa looked above his newspaper, The Conjure Picayune.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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