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Washington

[wosh-ing-tuhn, waw-shing-] / ˈwɒʃ ɪŋ tən, ˈwɔ ʃɪŋ- /


NOUN
Uncle Sam
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Washington was closely monitoring the situation and called for Russia to be "transparent".

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

On Tuesday, Gutiérrez will square off against the Federal Communications Commission in federal court in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Washington said his wife’s death “came as a huge shock to me and our entire family.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But today, at age 35, he continues to face housing prices in the Washington suburb that put that dream just out of reach.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

He had seen whole logs riding on top of the water in Lake Washington when he visited his cousins in Seattle last year.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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