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Waco

American  
[wey-koh] / ˈweɪ koʊ /

noun

  1. a city in central Texas, on the Brazos River.


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An Amazon MK30 delivery drone struck an internet cable in Waco, Texas, on November 18, prompting an FAA investigation.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

John Whitfield, a 60-year-old Medicaid patient from Waco, Texas, said his takeaway from a recent attempt to schedule a medical appointment was: “Don’t get sick.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Since its inception, the church has formed other campuses in east Fort Worth, Dallas, Waco and Austin.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Allred, a three-term congressman from the Dallas area, is a former NFL player and college football standout at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

When her father had taken her for a ride at age 12 in a rebuilt, open-cockpit Waco biplane, she had fallen in love with flying.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson