Chesapeake
Americannoun
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(italics) a U.S. frigate boarded in 1807 by the British, who removed part of its crew and impressed some members into British service: captured by the British in naval battle near Boston in 1813.
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a city in SE Virginia.
Example Sentences
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About one hundred yards up that hill ran the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks, where black and navy-blue trains with a yellow Cheshire cat painted on them rumbled through town twice daily, morning and evening.
From Literature
They would labor in places like the state capital, Richmond, or on the C&O Railway that ran between the Chesapeake Bay and the Ohio River and beyond, or in Norfolk, along the Virginia coast, where the big military installations, like Langley Air Force Base, Hampton Roads, and the Norfolk naval station were located.
From Literature
A pack of kids would gather on the athletic fields in Easley’s hometown of Chesapeake, Va., and a football would be tossed into the air.
From Los Angeles Times
The company, created by the 2024 merger of Chesapeake Energy and Southwestern Energy, is now the nation’s largest natural-gas producer.
From Barron's
Marks told Barron’s in 2021 that he owns a Danish-built sloop named Linnea that he had been fixing up for years, and sailed it in the Chesapeake Bay.
From Barron's
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