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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northeast Illinois on Lake Michigan north of Chicago. The site of an early French trading post, it grew in the 1800s as a port and industrial center.

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Examples

  • My wife grew up in Waukegan, Illinois right near the house Jack Benny grew up in.

    What's in a number? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • However, other legislators, including various Democrats, feel different, such as State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan), who wants to push gambling expansion now that Waukegan is on track to receive a casino license.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Born Otto Everett Graham, Jr. in Waukegan, Illinois, Graham was a professional football and basketball player for the Cleveland Browns and the Rochester Royals.

    Five People Born on December 6th | myFiveBest 2009

  • I suspect that there are some kids going to an elementary school in Waukegan, Illinois who have absolutely no idea who the gentleman is that their school is named after.

    This post sponsored by Rimrock Auto David 2008

  • But I was at the one press conference he referred to -- in Waukegan in November 2006 before the election, just after the initial wave of stories came out on the house deal.

    The Wrath of Reporters - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008

  • What haunts me personally is the smell of the air on a summer night in Waukegan, the lights and noises of a traveling country carnival ... the brightness of the stars in a Midwestern sky.

    Strange deception M-mv 2005

  • Bradbury was born in Waukegan in 1920 and discovered books and reading in the Carnegie Library at the corner of Sheridan and Washington.

    Strange deception M-mv 2005

  • Yes, Lake County lays claim to him, too: Orbach attended high school in Waukegan.

    Strange deception M-mv 2005

  • Oh, and here's a Chicago connection: Bradbury was born in Waukegan.

    Archive 2004-04-01 M-mv 2004

  • Oh, and here's a Chicago connection: Bradbury was born in Waukegan.

    04.04 M-mv 2004

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