county
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Gillespie Sells, the only member of the band not originally from Sussex, said he spent many of his teenage years in the county after meeting his future bandmates at the Brit School.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Monicah Muthoni Marubu, a Kenyan lawmaker from Lamu County, said that while the island’s heritage status should be protected, it makes up only a fraction of a larger county.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The case was initially referred to Van Houten, the top prosecutor in the county, in 2024.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those agencies include state police, county sheriff and local police departments, state wildlife agencies and even state auditors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Justice Department official warned that there were more fugitives hiding out in the Osage Hills than “perhaps any other county in the state or any state in the Union.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
He has endorsed Desmond to represent the new district, which spans San Diego and Riverside counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
An exact population figure in the UK for the Bog Grass Moth is not known, but they have only been recorded in a small number of English counties, such as Dorset.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Nor is it possible to set up competition among schools in lightly populated counties that have neither the students nor the resources to sustain multiple schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
My district covers 11 counties, and 10 of the counties other than the Rio Grande Valley are rural.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Cars converged on Holcomb from half the counties in the state, and from Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
