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mayor

[may-er, mair] / ˈmeɪ ər, mɛər /




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It also announced Devon would get an elected mayor in 2028 white Cornwall was included as the only area on a pathway to become a Foundation Strategic Authority.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Bradley placed first in the primary and seemed a shoo-in to become L.A.’s first Black mayor in an era when cities across the country were also electing Black mayors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Those who are determined to have provided false information will not be permitted to speak at this meeting or the next scheduled meeting,” the mayor warned at the beginning.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Savannah’s mayor, Van Johnson, tells me that wherever he travels, he’s asked for tickets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

With her son-in-law and the mayor of San Francisco, who happens to be a physician, standing by as witnesses, Phineas's coffin is uncovered and carried to a shed.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Bradley placed first in the primary and seemed a shoo-in to become L.A.’s first Black mayor in an era when cities across the country were also electing Black mayors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

New York, like other big cities, has been dealing with a sharp rise in homelessness in recent years that has bedeviled a series of mayors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The government will also confirm that it will work with mayors to design a new £1.5bn borrowing facility from 2028, which would allow them to access capital needed to support local priorities.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

"Tonight new curfews will be decided where the situation requires it. These decisions will be made on the ground, by the prefects, in coordination with the mayors," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The local authorities, after the armistice of Neerlandia, were mayors without initiative, decorative judges picked from among the peaceful and tired Conservatives of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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