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moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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Brownsville A stone's throw from the New Hampshire border in southeast Vermont, Brownsville is a tiny burg that boasts two covered bridges and a wealth of natural beauty.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
In addition to the home team, audience members will see comic competitors from such distant burgs and lands as New York, the Twin Cities, Boston, Seattle, Houston, Las Vegas and the Jersey Shore.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2024
The burg revisions generally are formally proposed on the first day of the session, when Lamont also will deliver a State of the State address.
—Yash Roy, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2024
Many locals here have New Orleans roots, and this little burg is all about letting those bons temps rouler.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
In addition to the home team, audience members will see comic competitors from such distant burgs and lands as New York, the Twin Cities, Boston, Seattle, Houston, Las Vegas and the Jersey Shore.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2024
The burg revisions generally are formally proposed on the first day of the session, when Lamont also will deliver a State of the State address.
—Yash Roy, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2024
Many locals here have New Orleans roots, and this little burg is all about letting those bons temps rouler.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burg. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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burg
noun1
: a fortress or walled town in the Middle Ages
2
: city sense 1, town
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