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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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"Specific dates and locations could be discussed through Panmunjom," said Kim, referencing the symbolic truce village where troops from both Koreas stand face-to-face.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The musical is set in a coastal village in Cornwall, near the southwestern tip of England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The movie is a fantasy parable set in a fairy-tale village and divided into illustrated chapter titles to suggest children’s literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Pantglas Junior School and a number of nearby houses in the village near Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, were catastrophically engulfed in coal slurry after the colliery spoil tip collapsed on 21 October 1966.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

I found another in the village and sent Red a poem.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The murky, magnificent Eel River was once a highway for the Wailaki people, who navigated by canoe and hauled goods between villages in cone-shaped baskets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Bamita's death was one of at least 32 child deaths recorded since May in a cluster of remote villages in Balaghat district in India's Madhya Pradesh state, officials say.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

"From today, you will have to watch over your villages," Gombagui told around 100 local officials gathered in the village of Tibeita on a recent morning, urging them to "denounce" the prospectors and their accomplices.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Officials say the last child death was more than two weeks before their late-September assessment, while teams continue visiting villages.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

We don’t have many disrespectful kids in our villages.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola


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