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Foxborough
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English
Etymology
en :af Fox -borough 1
From en Fox -borough, after Charles James Fox.
Proper noun
en town co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts c/USA.
en Adrian Horton Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-free-palestine 2026-09-14 According to Macklemore, Sheeran was under pressure from stadium owners rallied by Robert Kraft – the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and their Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where Sheeran was next slated to play – to drop Macklemore from the tour, lest the English singer be barred from their venues. https://web.archive.org/web/20260915024009/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-free-palestine
See also
en Foxboro alternative spelling
References
TopoZone: Foxborough, Massachusetts