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noun

(The Ballad of Chevy Chase) a 15th-century English ballad describing the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases.

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How to use Chevy Chase in a sentence

Chevy Chase plays the American dad Clark Griswold, driving around a London roundabout with his family.
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 11, 2021|Freakonomics
By portion of the population vaccinated, 18 percent of Chevy Chase residents have at least one shot, while 3 percent of Anacostia and Bellevue residents do.
D.C. revises rules, will open vaccines to young people with health problems March 1|Julie Zauzmer|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
A cautious, retired professor in Chevy Chase found himself exposed.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia.|Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
A department spokesman said Smith was a 12-year veteran assigned to patrol in the 2nd District, which includes the neighborhoods of Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park and Georgetown.
D.C. police sent 850 officers to the Capitol during insurrection, spent $8.8 million during week of Jan. 6|Peter Hermann|January 26, 2021|Washington Post

Their Chevy Chase home is their primary office, but they also rent a low-industrial warehouse and showroom off Rockville Pike.
After reimagining apartment storage, Bradyl bloomed|Thomas Heath|November 22, 2020|Washington Post
One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The cops gave chase and the gunman fired the big revolver twice more.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You meant to chase every glass of wine with a pitcher of H2O, but the holiday cheer somehow steered you off course.
5 Hangover Cures to Save You After a Few Too Many|DailyBurn|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The bailout crybabies of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and all the rest are easy targets—and deserving ones, too.
How Naive is Elizabeth Warren?|Nick Gillespie|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maybe our dear bear should sit quietly, not chase piglets and just eat berries and honey.
After His Disastrous Annual Press Conference, Putin Needs A Hug|Anna Nemtsova|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a moment Joe stood behind her, silently, looking over her shoulder at the signature of Isom Chase.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Between each group of figures the face of the rock was scored with mysterious signs and rudely limned weapons of war and chase.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
On land and in sea the animal creation chase and maim, and slay and devour each other.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Could he have a sorrow which she might chase away, and, having the power, lack the heart to do it?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Thereupon there was a rush forwards; but the chase lasted not only 'a moment,' but a whole hot day.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.