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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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It’s still uncertain whether prehistoric Oued Beht functioned as a permanent village, a seasonal center, or something less familiar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

A lack of visitor parking can cause problems for those who live in the village, she says, as they can end up dodging cars that "are parked not the way they should be".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Residents and local officials gathered on Saturday in a Spanish village near the site of a high-speed train collision that killed at least 69 people for a memorial Mass honouring the victims.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

"The outcome has been very tough and very sad," Marisa said in the central city of Toledo, which has received most of the bodies from the collision outside the village of Urda.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“But there’s another village about five miles yonder that has a fair amount of merchants and peddlers. When you come to a fork in the road, take the left.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

These places, located along the Hudson River north of New York City, were once rural villages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

It allows tribes to comment on how a proposed housing or infrastructure project might harm graves, ceremonial grounds or ancient villages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Photos posted on the local government's Facebook page showed waves crashing into seaside villages and roads closed to traffic.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The murky, magnificent Eel River was once a highway for the Wailaki people, who navigated by canoe and hauled goods between villages in cone-shaped baskets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Yet as I looked at the photos of Mo helping out at the refugee camps, rebuilding bombed-out villages, and replanting farms, I couldn't help but think of how that birthplace had suffered over the centuries.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda


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