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Bull Run

American  

noun

  1. a creek in NE Virginia: two important battles of the Civil War were fought near here, 1861 and 1862, both resulting in defeat for the Union forces.


Bull Run British  

noun

  1. Also known as: First and Second Manassas. two battles fought at Manassas Junction near a stream named Bull Run, during the American Civil War (July, 1861 and August, 1862), in both of which the Federal army was routed by the Confederates See also Manassas

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The Texas-based company said Tuesday that Virginia quarry operator Luck Stone will expand its use of autonomous haul trucks to two additional quarries following an 18-month autonomous hauling pilot at its Bull Run, Va., operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Battle scenes — including Bull Run, where picnicking tourists are accurately shown in attendance — are convincingly rendered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

A second coal-burning plant, Bull Run, also went offline, TVA spokesman Scott Brooks said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

The land includes parts of Little Bull Run and Catharpin Creek, tributaries to Bull Run, which feeds the reservoir.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

“When I told Daddy that Shotgun had been decorated by U. S. Grant and wounded three times at Bull Run, it brought it all back to him, and we had to come.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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