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Recent Examples of villagePhillips, the son of Charles' sister Princess Anne, wed Harriet Sperling, a nurse working for the National Health Service, in a church ceremony in the southwestern English village of Kemble.—ABC News, 6 June 2026 Drozdenko said efforts continued to extinguish a fire in a village called Bolshaya Izhora, where more than 600 people had been evacuated.—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 6 June 2026 Summer dresses, hats, top hats, and tails were the order of the day as the congregation entered the pretty village church, which is equidistant from Gatcombe Park—Princess Anne's Gloucestershire estate where Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall grew up—and the Sperling family home in South Cerney.—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 6 June 2026 Summer dresses, hats, top hats and tails were the order of the day as the congregation entered the pretty village church, which is equidistant from Gatcombe Park—Princess Anne's Gloucestershire estate where Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall grew up—and the Sperling family home in South Cerney.—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for village
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hamlet
Noun
Happiness is equated early on to alpine hamlets ensconced between verdant mountains carved by pristine waterfalls.
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Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
1 June 2026
Spend a day among the absurdly picturesque hamlet’s boutique shops, restaurants, seals, and sea lions.