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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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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

"We have people that come from far and wide. They've never seen a village that's on a big steep hill with so many businesses and residential properties."

From BBC ● 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

Mr. Ocker explains how the village of fewer than 10,000 residents once known as North Tarrytown became a real-world Sleepy Hollow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The next morning, the village bell chimed and gnomes ran all over The Mountain crying, “Rump! Rump! The new boy’s name is Rump!”

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

The tribe traces its history to villages throughout the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

It meant embracing uncertainty, discomfort, wildly unpredictable weather, and limited accommodations in remote villages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Among the villages worst affected in the Republic of Ireland is Milford in County Donegal with more 1,600 homes without power and Aghagad in County Sligo with over 1,200 homes impacted.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 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

Nobody likes change, not even my parents, with their treasured memory of how things were done in the villages of Pakistan long ago.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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