Centerville
Americannoun
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Kinder Morgan unit Tennessee Gas Pipeline on Friday declared force majeure due to an explosion and fire caused by equipment failure at a compressor station near Centerville in Hickman County.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023
Her father worked at Union Carbide but, when Carlin was 9, moved the family to Texas, where he had bought a gas station in Centerville, north of Houston.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023
Knight and other Stanford scientists focused on a paleovalley that starts at the Kings River, upstream of Centerville, and extends at least 29 miles toward the town of Easton, stretching more than a mile across.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Jared Trainor was unclear whether a seal or shark had knocked him off his board during a Sunday outing to Centerville Beach, he told the Times-Standard newspaper in Humboldt County.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022
I’m still wearing the black sweater and old blue jeans and sneakers and gloves, and suddenly my feet hurt, and somehow I’ve made it all the way to Centerville, which is the next town over.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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