Rapidan

American  

[rap-i-dan] / ˌræp ɪˈdæn /

noun

1. a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.

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Example Sentences

Natural gas supplies the bulk of “Iran’s electricity, supports residential heating and cooking, and underpins a significant industrial sector,” said Fernando Ferreira, a geopolitical analyst at Washington-based energy-research firm Rapidan Energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“The primary holders of spare capacity — Saudi Arabia and the UAE — have been cut off from global oil markets, effectively eliminating the industry’s traditional shock absorber,” Rapidan said of the Iran conflict.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

The 2019 attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq processing facility, for instance, briefly knocked roughly 7 million barrels per day offline, notes Bob McNally, president of consultancy Rapidan Energy Group.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

The committee has passed the bill in 2018, 2019 and 2021, Rapidan said.

From Reuters • May 10, 2023

Accordingly the trains were all ordered back across the Rapidan, the troops still in line watching the enemy until the trains were all safe across.

From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton