small-town

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Although the play is admirably free of bald exposition, we come to learn that her mother, Edgar’s daughter, fell in love at college with a man of Korean heritage—which was anomalous, to say the least, in small-town North Carolina, and not easy for Edgar, a Vietnam veteran, to accept.

From The Wall Street Journal

He started his journalism career at a small-town newspaper in a suburb of Houston.

From The Wall Street Journal

He covers a range of topics including urban crime, small-town life, national politics, economic development and infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bovino, 55, grew up in small-town North Carolina, the son of a bar owner.

From The Wall Street Journal

And this influencer, with a sharp blond bob and glass skin, is trying on jackets at a small-town Goodwill, where the merchandise has not yet been eviscerated by other consumers completing their own “hauls.”

From Slate