talk of the town
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Rhiannon Crawford owns a coffee cart near the castle and said the development plan was the "talk of the town".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Fog has been the talk of the town from Redding to Bakersfield.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Anne Meara was the talk of the town in the role of a bag lady who spurned the self-congratulatory charity of guilty swells.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
Mendieta was in his mid-20s when Valencia, for two years, were the talk of the town.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
He was, she told him, becoming quite the talk of the town.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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