Anacostia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The DC Water spokeswoman said that historically E. coli levels in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers vary widely and that levels reported downstream “cannot be attributed solely to this incident.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Hoover and his aides became progressively more fretful about the settlement at Anacostia Flats, especially when its organizers began to talk about making it permanent.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
Last fall, the final section of the Anacostia Tunnel System went online.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Ms. Carnahan was born Jean Carpenter on Dec. 20, 1933, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Anacostia, a working-class neighborhood in the city’s southeast section.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024
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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