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Boston

[baw-stuhn, bos-tuhn] / ˈbɔ stən, ˈbɒs tən /


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Gorman’s former pad isn’t the only Boston penthouse on the market with a notable seller.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Judge William Sullivan, of the Plymouth court near Boston, ruled there was sufficient evidence to convince a juror of Clancy's guilt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“It’s my Cheers,” Haskins said, referring to the fictional Boston bar from the 1980s sitcom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 1970-71, they went 447 minutes without finding the back of the net - it’s been 422 minutes of football since McGinn’s deflected strike against Haiti in Boston.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

For four months of the year he attended to patients in Boston at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and lived as a bachelor in a grubby church rectory in a poor neighborhood called Roxbury.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French



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