W.Va.

abbreviation

1. West Virginia.

Example Sentences

Moore made headlines briefly again in 1979 when she escaped fbriefly from the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, W.Va., by climbing a 12-foot fence.

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Walz said that when facing a president who “sucks up so much oxygen” and dominates the news cycle, people and leaders on the center-left of the political spectrum should be working to fill in “all the lanes” whether it be by joining podcasts, hosting large rallies like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., or holding town halls in places like Wheeling, W.Va.

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Gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton pleaded no contest Tuesday to a DUI charge that stemmed from her arrest last month in her hometown of Fairmont, W.Va.

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U.S. gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton faces a DUI charge after being arrested earlier this month in Marion County, W.Va.

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The 44-year-old disability rights nonprofit founder from Logan, W.Va. — population: 1,365 — presents herself as the “authentic hillbilly Vance” to thousands of online followers, swatting down stereotypes about the South as she gives an alternative version of what it means to be Appalachian.

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