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fairground

[fair-ground] / ˈfɛərˌgraʊnd /


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After the Butler shooting at a fairground near Pittsburgh, Trump drastically curtailed his outdoor rallies.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

On the night of the quinceañera in Alice, Pulido made a second stop at a birthday party at the Jim Wells County fairground.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

A fairground train carrying children made its way through the crowd, its Christmas soundtrack drowned out by the supportive honks of cars.

From Barron's Dec. 23, 2025

For more than 50 years, an annual fairground event called Luna Park has taken place in Lausanne, Switzerland.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2025

Now that I knew what I was looking at, I recognized it as the vast expanse I had witnessed in my vision at the fairground.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

The protesters rallied on Munich's Theresienwiese fairgrounds, denouncing the leadership of Iran's Islamic Republic following the deadly repression of nationwide protests in January.

From Barron's Feb. 14, 2026

He maintained during his trial that his two crossbows were "purely for sport" and that two pistols were the kind "commonly used in fairgrounds".

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

The fair also allowed employees to live rent-free on the fairgrounds.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

A large crowd had gathered around the stage at the far end of the fairgrounds to hear what the band had in store for them this year.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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