Saint Helens
Britishnoun
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a town in NW England, in St Helens unitary authority, Merseyside: glass industry. Pop: 102 629 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 176 700 (2003 est). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
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a volcanic peak in S Washington state; it erupted in 1980 after lying dormant from 1857
Example Sentences
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Knowing she couldn’t officially claim Saint Helens, Steidl was left pondering whether it was worth continuing this pursuit.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2022
At 6:04 p.m. that Saturday, less than five days after she started, Steidl arrived back at the trailhead, having just missed, on a Saint Helens technicality, setting history by conquering the five volcanoes on foot.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Lee says the government would certainly know how to orchestrate a cover-up, citing reports of soldiers spiriting away Bigfoot bodies after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2017
Mount Saint Helens has a good example of a lava dome inside of a collapsed stratovolcano crater.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
In some old accounts of the Churchwardens, of Saint Helens, at Abingdon, Berks, for the year 1556, there is an entry for setting up Robins Hoode's bower; supposed to be for a parish interlude.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 by Various
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