Doubs
Americannoun
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a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
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a department in E France. 2,031 sq. mi. (5,260 sq. km). Besançon.
noun
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a department of E France, in Franche-Comté region. Capital: Besançon. Pop: 505 557 (2003 est). Area: 5258 sq km (2030 sq miles)
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a river in E France, rising in the Jura Mountains, becoming part of the border between France and Switzerland and flowing generally southwest to the Saône River. Length: 430 km (267 miles)
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Love found Romeo Doubs for a fourth-down touchdown before halftime and after the break hit Christian Watson with a 51-yard scoring pass before finding Wicks with a one-yarder.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Love, 25, also had 272 passing yards with no interceptions for an almost-perfect passer rating while Romeo Doubs had a career-high 151 receiving yards with one touchdown.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2024
Receiver Romeo Doubs has five touchdown catches, Jayden Reed three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Both Doubs and Surtain had their hands on the football as they tumbled the ground in the third quarter that afternoon.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
They were making for the town we now call Besançon—then, as now, strongly fortified, and nearly surrounded by the river Doubs.
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge
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