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Anacostia River

American  

noun

  1. a river in the District of Columbia flowing into the Potomac River. about 24 miles (39 km) long.


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At an estimated cost of $3.8 billion, it will replace the rusting, abandoned hulk that sits at the east end of East Capitol Street, fronting the Anacostia River.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

“The trend line is moving up,” said Chris Williams, director of the Anacostia River Watershed.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

To be specific, it is late in 1951 or early in 1952, in the parking lot of an apartment complex in southeast Washington, D.C., across the Anacostia River from Capitol Hill.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2023

On Thursday, the tags will be distributed east of the Anacostia River at 3200 Pennsylvania Ave. SE in the rear parking lot.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Lights twinkled off the Anacostia River as we crossed the bridge onto Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, the Nationals baseball stadium in the distance.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

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