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shire

[shahyuhr] / ʃaɪər /
NOUN
county
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More recently, his works have also provided a fertile shire for nationalists who see themselves in his heroic archetypes.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022

“As long as other countries are willing to buy it from us, we’re going to be mining coal,” said Godfrey Adamthwaite, a retired third-generation mineworker who serves on the Singleton shire council.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

One comment simply read: "Anything that ends with shire will do me, Lincolnshire or Yorkshire."

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021

A baseball cap was a take on a horse-riding helmet alongside a flared pant with a fringed hem cleverly resembling a shire horse’s leg.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

There were dappled Percherons from France and shire geldings of tremendous size built to bear the weight of men in armor.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli