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Crewe

British  
/ kruː /

noun

  1. a town in NW England, in Cheshire: major railway junction. Pop: 67 683 (2001)

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Iain Gillies:, external He won one cap for New Zealand and spent time on the books of Celtic and Crewe Alexandra.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The pitch from new child brands such as Rini, Evereden or Saint Crewe is that they are orienting tweens and teens to more suitable alternatives.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

As well as Surchi's story in Crewe, our investigation revealed details of other Kurdish asylum seekers being employed illegally.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

He thinks he had up to 60 different placements and although he has spent most of his life in Salford and Stockport, he has lived in Wales, Liverpool, Crewe and Leeds.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

I thought about Sara Crewe in A Little Princess, pretending she is a prisoner in the Bastille to make her work as a scullery maid more bearable.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein