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Boil water advisory fully lifted in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County after water disruption

FOX8 WGHP (Nexstar, Greensboro) and WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Boil water advisory fully lifted in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County after water disruption.
The headline split FOX8 WGHP (Nexstar, Greensboro) frames it as "Boil water advisory fully lifted in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County after water disruption". WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) frames it as "Boil water advisory lifted for all of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County".
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FOX8 WGHP (Nexstar, Greensboro)News report · Jul 31, 7:14 PM

Boil water advisory fully lifted in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County after water disruption

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Normal water use can resume in Forsyth County after two days of issues caused by a large water main break. The city of Winston-Salem shared on Friday afternoon...

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WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro)News report · Jul 31, 8:10 PM

Boil water advisory lifted for all of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

Officials say the broken water main has also been repaired, but not put back online yet.

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Jul 31, 7:14 PM: FOX8 WGHP (Nexstar, Greensboro) joined the source map.

Jul 31, 8:10 PM: WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 2 sources · 1 bucket.