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birthplace

[burth-pleys] / ˈbɜrθˌpleɪs /


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Things got off to a symbolic start on Thursday evening, when a commemorative arch reading “Welcome to the Birthplace of American Liberty” collapsed into pieces on stage.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025

Bronte Birthplace Limited, a not-for-profit community benefit society, had already raised £367,000, including a grant from the City of Culture, to buy and begin work on the property.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2023

That same day, just a few blocks away from Camden Yards, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum will open a new exhibit to commemorate the career and legacy of the Hall of Fame third baseman.

From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Paul Edmondson, the head of research at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, said that the story of Shakespeare’s wife was likely complex and compelling.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Then Edondurath returned to the Birthplace on the Gobrin Ice where the bodies of the others lay, but the last one was gone: he had escaped while Edondurath pursued Haharath.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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