Anacostia River
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He told his two other captains to keep a children’s fishing club on the Anacostia River this weekend because parents are worried about the Potomac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Across the Anacostia River, another fragile Washington neighborhood is dreading the ripple effects of that stadium deal — which still needs approval by the Virginia General Assembly and the city of Alexandria.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 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
The legislation still has to make its way through Congress, and there are plenty of hurdles ahead before football returns to the banks of the Anacostia River.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 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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