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local

[loh-kuhl] / ˈloʊ kəl /


NOUN
person deeply rooted in community
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On the hill above them, the local mosque was calling on people to help the family trapped by the settlers.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

At the Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro where damage included a partially collapsed smokestack, the local government said that nine people were unaccounted for.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

“These are not schools teetering at the edge of success,” reads the report, which cites publicly available state and local education data.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Rather, he was sitting in the audience of a local dance recital, waiting on his two young daughters, Sloan and Stella, who were each making their solo dancing debut with their company.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

“You know, you’re the inspiration for this. The company who sent the trees mentioned seeing that a local kid was donating profits from his chicken coop sales to rebuild the picnic area.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Outside Aldea del Fresno, on the eastern edge of the vast fires, evacuated locals lined up in cars in the hope of being allowed to returning to properties and pets.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Half of the 1 million tickets priced at $28 were scooped up during the locals presale in April, but more will be made available in the next drop.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

But locals said the move came too late, and that the Scottish government had been slow in scaling up the response to the incident.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

As the barbs fly, some locals in Woodstock have taken sides, saying they won’t return to the Barn.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

But then I’d thought that maybe I could pick up some valuable information from a group like this—so many locals, some who might even know Day personally.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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