Thesaurus results for WHISTLE-STOPS

whistle-stops

noun

plural of whistle-stop

as in villages

a small residential settlement for that all-important primary election, candidates are willing to go to every whistle-stop in the state

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villages

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Nepal is still recovering from devastating flooding in August that swept away several villages, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and nearly 6,000 missing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
There are so many pretty villages in the Cotswolds and wider England, but some would claim that Castle Combe is the fairest of them all—and this home lives up to all expectations.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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