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Maumee

American  
[maw-mee, maw-mee] / mɔˈmi, ˈmɔ mi /

noun

  1. a city in NW Ohio.

  2. a river in E Indiana and W Ohio, flowing NE to Lake Erie, at Toledo. 175 miles (280 km) long.


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Steven Gallagher, 50, of Maumee, Ohio, was charged in New York federal court with securities fraud, wire fraud and market manipulation.

From Seattle Times Oct. 26, 2021

Lake Erie is in dire need of some progress when it comes to the pollution rolling out of the Maumee River watershed and fueling annual toxic algae blooms.

From Washington Times Nov. 25, 2019

His Inverness supporters were ecstatic—and so were Toledo bettors, who made their biggest killing since Jack Dempsey whipped Jess Willard in their heavyweight fight near Maumee Bay in 1919.

From Golf Digest Mar. 20, 2019

His father retired as an assembly technician at Dana, a manufacturer of drivetrain, sealing and other automotive technologies in Maumee, Ohio.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2018

The great war-chief, his vengeance unslaked, and his purpose unshaken, had retired, as we have seen, to the banks of the Maumee, whence he sent a haughty defiance to the English commander.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

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