town
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Melania Nius was at her husband's hospital bedside on Indonesia's Flores island when a powerful quake shook their town to its core, sending patients fleeing into the chaos outside.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The interconnectedness of the small town has led to other complications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Iryna Terekh, the young owner of a small furniture company, sped out of the town of Bucha with her ailing mother in the passenger seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“This town was Mayberry by the sea. I always called it like living inside a Norman Rockwell picture, and then a nuclear bomb hit,” he said, in remarks Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Aunt J, you’ve lived in this town forever, why does this stuff still surprise you?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The stricken area is comprised mostly of towns and villages with few, if any, high-rise buildings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Emergency shelters were opened in several towns along the coast, as evacuations continued throughout the night.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The program is open to applicants from small towns and cities, tribal communities and underrepresented groups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
There is, I think, a tradition in the U.S. of appointing dogs as mayors of small towns, but in the U.K. we take the nonsense political candidate to another level entirely.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Several miles from the plant, the towns of Okuma and Futaba are still largely empty.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
