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the people who live in a town or city
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Those who remembered 1940 felt the situation was familiar as Belgian townspeople replaced Allied flags with swastikas.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
As the two form an unlikely bond, Hogarth must protect his new friend from fearful townspeople and government agents who see the Giant as a threat.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
With nothing to ease the townspeople’s holiday anxieties, drug kingpin Randy and his confidant, Towelie, invent a new strain of weed called Christmas Snow.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
That’s especially unfortunate when the prior episode ended on a cliffhanger with a gang of armed and angry townspeople arriving at the Black Spot for Hank.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
As the two form an unlikely bond, Hogarth must protect his new friend from fearful townspeople and government agents who see the Giant as a threat.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
With nothing to ease the townspeople’s holiday anxieties, drug kingpin Randy and his confidant, Towelie, invent a new strain of weed called Christmas Snow.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
That’s especially unfortunate when the prior episode ended on a cliffhanger with a gang of armed and angry townspeople arriving at the Black Spot for Hank.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Townspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townspeople. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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