Des Plaines
Americannoun
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a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
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a river in SE Wisconsin and NE Illinois, flowing S to join the Kankakee River in forming the Illinois River; part of the Illinois Waterway. 110 miles (177 km) long.
Example Sentences
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In Chicago, where immigration agents terrorized residents all fall, officials at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in suburban Des Plaines are seeing the same even as they adopt security measures to reassure attendees.
From Los Angeles Times
Students at Cumberland Elementary School in Des Plaines, Ill., where a board was dedicated to cicada artwork.Credit...
From New York Times
Just after noon on Nov. 27, 2022, a few days after Thanksgiving, Neal Greenfield and his daughter Kimberly Karsen were heading toward their car in Des Plaines, Illinois, outside Chicago.
From Slate
Geologic Survey has set up more than a dozen devices, including receivers in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers in Illinois; and the Sandusky River in Ohio.
From Seattle Times
Under the settlement with Des Plaines, the city doesn’t admit wrongdoing or liability, according to a statement it released.
From Seattle Times
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