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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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The investigations in Coedpoeth come as another field on the edge of the nearby village of Minera has seen dozens of lorries depositing materials, which one local councillor described as "reeking of diesel".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

On Thursday, Israel's police force said a 19-year-old settler had been arrested on suspicion of participating in an attack on the Palestinian village of Qusra on Saturday.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“Lake Erie is part of the rhythm of life here,” says village Mayor Keith Benjamin.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

IN and out of a checkpoint—a village named Nicolai.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

The massive flash flood, believed to have been triggered by a glacial collapse, swept through a Himalayan valley last Wednesday, wiping out entire villages.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

“We visited local villages, preached the word, sent in clothes for the needy, toys for the children.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The floods, which destroyed entire villages near the border of Nepal and Tibet, severely damaged 12 hydropower plants in the Trishuli River basin and knocked out more than 10% of Nepal's total power generation capacity.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Nepali families were holding symbolic funeral ceremonies to "liberate the souls" of loved ones missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Entire villages had disappeared; some would never be rebuilt.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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