locals

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Frustrated locals have often staged protests around it, sometimes squirting tourists with water guns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Hood County locals are relentless in their fight against the data centers, packing county meetings and town halls and voicing their fierce opposition to the facilities threatening to transform their charming, small-town community.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

In a town overlooked by picturesque Mount Kenya, locals are angry and afraid over their government allowing the United States to build an Ebola facility in their midst.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

And locals expect the busiest summer in years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Irwin’s horses almost always won, and Irwin would clean out the locals, pack the horses back on the trains, and leave.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand