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shire

[shahyuhr] / ʃaɪər /
NOUN
county
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Discovery revealed in May 2024 that it was heading back to the Shire with two new films.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Everything else, including her art collection with works by Peter Shire, Jim Shaw, Rashid Johnson and Lesley Vance, was lost to the flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Reform's George Finch, 19, has become the youngest permanent council leader in the UK during the vote at the council's Shire Hall headquarters in Warwick on Tuesday.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

The Progress Flag has since been removed from Shire Hall following the end of Pride Month.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

The Bucklanders kept their doors locked after dark, and that also was not usual in the Shire.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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