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Wood River

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois.


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The place: Scheduled to open in October in downtown Ketchum—the gateway to Sun Valley Resort—this 73-room property sits near the Big Wood River and Silver Creek, two blue-chip destinations for anglers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Owners of two ranches involved in the Wood River Wolf Project “were unaware of the proposal” and had not agreed to partner with the predator control company.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2023

In addition to providing free culture-based programming to the Wood River Valley, the privately funded Community Library maintains the legacy of Ernest Hemingway.

From New York Times Jan. 30, 2023

In another recent video, two black men filmed themselves as they were being followed by a police officer through a Walmart in Wood River, Ill.

From Washington Post May 10, 2020

Well, let’s be off, for now I see the wind is with us, and it’s even more than William Clark started with when his three boats left the Wood River and started up the Missouri.

From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough

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