Blackburn
a city in central Lancashire, in NW England.
Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, in the Wrangel Mountains. 16,140 feet (4,920 meters).
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When a perplexed Jackson declined, Blackburn took it as confirmation she was in line with the kind of progressive education Cruz and others were depicting as Democratic dogma.
Republicans’ Vote Against Ketanji Brown Jackson Could Come Back to Bite Them | Eleanor Clift | April 4, 2022 | The Daily BeastHawley, Cotton and Blackburn were doing when laying the groundwork for their expected no votes.
The Back Booth: ‘Jackassery’ Takes Over Supreme Court Hearings | Philip Elliott | March 26, 2022 | TImeAkram, the attacker at the Texas synagogue, came from Blackburn, England.
Texas synagogue attack a reminder to fight anti-Semitism | Kathi Wolfe | January 22, 2022 | Washington Blade“It costs almost as much to get a pipeline out of the ground as it costs to put it in the ground,” Blackburn says.
Oil and gas companies are making old pipelines the landowner’s problem | Kate Wheeling/Nexus Media | March 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe brother said that Blackburn, 24, had recently moved into their mother’s home after losing his job in Texas.
Man apparently experiencing paranoia is accused of killing his mother | Dan Morse | January 5, 2021 | Washington Post
But some pretty conservative legislators voted yes (Marco Rubio and David Vitter in the Senate, Marcia Blackburn in the House).
Thousands of people lined the streets for the Queen's first visit to Blackburn cathedral.
The Dean of Blackburn, the Very Reverend Christopher Armstrong, said it was the biggest event it had hosted.
“I just ate a softshell crab po-boy,” says Irvine Blackburn, from New Orleans.
New Orleans Celebrates Its Favorite Sandwich at the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival | Tyler Gillespie | November 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Wednesday morning, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the issue.
Dr. Bowes asked Blackburn, one of their bishops, whether 'he was so happy as to belong to his diocese?'
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonAgain the door of the tiny lobby opened and closed, and a form edged forward,—Blackburn, summoned from his mill.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperHouston straightened, to find a short, bulky form before him, Henry Blackburn.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley Cooper"Simply this," and the bulky Blackburn drew a nervous, sweating hand across his brow.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperOn the day before the rescue of Thornton Blackburn his wife eluded the jailer in disguise and escaped to Canada.
British Dictionary definitions for Blackburn
/ (ˈblækbɜːn) /
a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
Mount Blackburn a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
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