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Recent Examples of townswomanAs the backstory evolved, Calico townswoman Sarah Marshall transformed into the Green Witch on the gallows, turned her accusing neighbors into monsters with a wicked curse and vanished in a puff of smoke with a cackling laugh.—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025 One townswoman Wise befriended at work met her in a bathroom with a change of clothes and the ID badge of another woman who was out sick.—Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2022 The other is the drowning, under possibly suspicious circumstances, of a much-loved young townswoman, Ariel.—Ellen Akins Washington Post, Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb.
Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Nov. 2025
These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam.
Sandia Mountain, the aerial tramway to the peak, the fancy resort and casino, but don’t sleep on little Pueblo of Isleta south of town.
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Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Look what happened two weeks ago in the small town of Mongbwalu in northern DRC, where a group of young men made four different attacks on the local hospital in a bid to retrieve the body of an Ebola victim for burial.
From the time of William Penn to the Civil War, Franklin said the film highlights the story of African Americans fighting for the right to become citizens in Philadelphia, and spotlighting their lasting impact ahead of America's 250th birthday.
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Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
India 🇮🇳 A farmer in California's Imperial Valley, Saund was a major lobbyist for Congress to legalize naturalization of Indian citizens.
In northern Bavaria sits Bamberg, a charming place with a beer story that dates to a medieval cleric who ordered townsfolk be given a free brew on the day of his death.
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David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
My guess is that some kind of factions form, with some townsfolk taking Jade/Tabitha’s side and some opposing.