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The CCN represents England's 20 county councils and 17 unitary authorities in shire areas.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

A pair of orphaned racehorse foals have been adopted by a shire horse in Devon.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

More recently, his works have also provided a fertile shire for nationalists who see themselves in his heroic archetypes.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

“If we could get five new families to the shire, for us that would be a massive success,” Hancock said Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021

From the well-known names of these towns I learn in what county I have lighted; a north-midland shire, dusk with moorland, ridged with mountain: this I see.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë