Chesapeake
Americannoun
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(italics) a U.S. frigate boarded in 1807 by the British, who removed part of its crew and impressed some members into British service: captured by the British in naval battle near Boston in 1813.
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a city in SE Virginia.
Example Sentences
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Jeffrey Judge of Chesapeake Financial Planners said he works with clients who are living out exactly what the Society of Actuaries survey describes — and he argued the numbers may actually be optimistic.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Chesapeake Risk Advisors’ Clifford Rossi estimates that severe-delinquency rates could increase by 18%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
A pack of kids would gather on the athletic fields in Easley’s hometown of Chesapeake, Va., and a football would be tossed into the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
Marks told Barron’s in 2021 that he owns a Danish-built sloop named Linnea that he had been fixing up for years, and sailed it in the Chesapeake Bay.
From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025
“How is it," he wonders aloud as he gazes blankly across Chesapeake Bay, "that a kid with so much compassion could cause his parents so much pain?”
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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