small-town
Example Sentences
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It's just the youngster, who started out at small-town outfit Gouveia, never actually existed.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Talankin, 35, a videographer from a small-town Russian school, caused a sensation when he won the Academy Award for best documentary feature alongside US filmmaker David Borenstein in March.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
For nearly a decade, four small-town Louisiana lawmen and a Subway shop owner manufactured phony crime reports to help foreign nationals stay in the U.S., federal prosecutors say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Twin Peaks was both a place haunted by violence and a nostalgic fantasy of small-town innocence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Another of his units he lost to conversion when a small-town preacher suddenly caught fire and began igniting the townsfolk with his sermons.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
