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His body, however, was never retrieved, and townsfolk continued to blame him for the murder of Chrissy Cunningham and the spooky events that followed in the once sleepy Midwest town.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
For Morrison, Limon football is the inevitable force that helps keep him and the rest of the townsfolk going.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
Agnes is both a seer and healer, preparing natural remedies for the townsfolk to help with ailments and sickness.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
In a flash 300 people—ski patrol, maintenance, townsfolk—were there to help probe and search through the slide.
—Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
For Morrison, Limon football is the inevitable force that helps keep him and the rest of the townsfolk going.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
Agnes is both a seer and healer, preparing natural remedies for the townsfolk to help with ailments and sickness.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
In a flash 300 people—ski patrol, maintenance, townsfolk—were there to help probe and search through the slide.
—Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for townsfolk
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The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The snowy-haired Scot waves me into the passenger seat of his Can-Am Traxter with a huge grin and navigates us through the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town, famously anchored by mainland Britain’s most remote pub, the Old Forge.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townsfolk. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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