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Washington

[wosh-ing-tuhn, waw-shing-] / ˈwɒʃ ɪŋ tən, ˈwɔ ʃɪŋ- /


NOUN
Uncle Sam
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On Friday, I rode shotgun in a Corvette Z06 around the 1.7-mile track that will be used for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

For a week, it seemed that a deal between Washington and Ottawa was in reach.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Zuckerberg previously bought property in Hawaii and paid $23 million in cash for a 15,000-square-foot mansion in Washington D.C.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

CNN reported that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles met privately with Jennings at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Washington, with one senior administration official explaining the interest bluntly: Jennings is “competent and good on TV.”

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

“Ms. W.” is what I’d started to call Ms. Washington in my head, but never to her face, after a couple of weeks in that classroom.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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