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Springs

American  
[springz] / sprɪŋz /

noun

  1. a city in S Transvaal, in the E Republic of South Africa, E of Johannesburg.


Springs British  
/ sprɪŋz /

noun

  1. a city in E South Africa: developed around a coal mine established in 1885 and later became a major world gold-mining centre, now with uranium extraction. Pop: 80 776 (2001)

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Sierra Vista 52, Desert Hot Springs 42: Cailei Buna finished with 19 points, making nine of 10 free throws, in the Southern Section Division 9 final.

From Los Angeles Times

Cordero, 44, has found dozens of these cameras hidden in trailers and construction barrels on border roads around San Diego and Imperial counties: one on Old Highway 80 near Jacumba Hot Springs; another outside the Golden Acorn Casino in Campo; another along Interstate 8 toward In-Ko-Pah Gorge.

From Los Angeles Times

The arms are forged from motorbike springs and gears, its shoulders are curve from car rims, the spine is moulded from a fuel tank and its knees are pieced together with chains and suspension parts.

From Barron's

Similarly, his father and stepmother invited seven children to a resort at Steamboat Springs, Colo., for a summit to disclose estate plans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using her beak, C.C. pried open a long thin door in the belly of the clock, thus revealing an intricate display of rusted gears and springs and chains and doodads creaking away.

From Literature