Bull Run

American  

noun

1. a creek in NE Virginia: two important battles of the Civil War were fought near here, 1861 and 1862, both resulting in defeat for the Union forces.

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Bull Run British  

noun

1. Also known as: First and Second Manassas.  two battles fought at Manassas Junction near a stream named Bull Run, during the American Civil War (July, 1861 and August, 1862), in both of which the Federal army was routed by the Confederates See also Manassas

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Example Sentences

Battle scenes — including Bull Run, where picnicking tourists are accurately shown in attendance — are convincingly rendered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Bull Run water remains safe to drink, she said, but the bureau might have to shut down the Bull Run water source if staff who work at the facility have to be evacuated.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

The Cumberland plant and a second coal-burning plant, Bull Run, went offline during a deep freeze over Christmas weekend.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Historians say the development site includes marked and unmarked graves and undiscovered artifacts from the first and second battles of Bull Run.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Here was something to make them proud, something to give them hope after the despairing stories of Bull Run and Ball’s Bluff and Wilson’s Creek.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt