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moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
On Friday, league commissioner Jessica Berman named our burg one of three finalists for an expansion, a club that would start play in the league — along with Boston’s expansion BOS Nation FC — in 2026.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2024
Dunedin Mix is the rebirth of a beautiful but long-shuttered building set in the, well, MIX of one of the Gulf Coast’s most charming, walkable burgs.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
On Friday, league commissioner Jessica Berman named our burg one of three finalists for an expansion, a club that would start play in the league — along with Boston’s expansion BOS Nation FC — in 2026.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2024
Dunedin Mix is the rebirth of a beautiful but long-shuttered building set in the, well, MIX of one of the Gulf Coast’s most charming, walkable burgs.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burg. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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burg
noun1
: a fortress or walled town in the Middle Ages
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: city sense 1, town
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