precinct
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Not surprisingly, Pratt did well in the Pacific Palisades, where his home burned down in the 2025 fire, garnering 60% in one precinct.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Les Quennevais is meant to be the island's second urban centre, but there has long been a feeling that the parade and precinct has been neglected with many shops left empty.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
In 2008, however, Humboldt election officials discovered that software they used to tally votes had failed to count 197 ballots from one precinct.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Shakespeare's Blackfriars property was thought to have been part of "the Great Gate" over the entrance to the Blackfriars precinct, a major 13th-century Dominican friary.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
He looked like he'd spent the night having a good time, not getting his butt kicked, then waiting up in some dark precinct until his brothers came to his rescue.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
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