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Fall River

American  

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Massachusetts, on an arm of Narragansett Bay.


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To the extent it’s known at all, Fall River is generally known for two things.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

At Portugalia Marketplace in Fall River, Mass., landing a holiday job has never been more competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

They say local tribes and numerous Californians depend on the area’s aquifers — which flow into the Fall River and beyond — for clean drinking water and renowned fisheries.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

Owner of the Erie Railway Company, Fall River steamship line, and other companies, he made “corporate looting and corruption” a “fine art.”

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

What might it not have prevented in the Fall River affair?

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

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