Frome

British

/ frəʊm /

noun

a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)

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Dorset Wildlife Trust has submitted an expression of interest to Natural England for the proposed project in the River Hooke and wider River Frome catchment.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

David Warburton, who represented the Somerton and Frome constituency in Somerset until June 2023, died in London on 26 August.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

Mounted police officers and police drone teams were also involved in the investigation with police divers searching the River Frome near the M32.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

Avon and Somerset Police said the family had been updated after the body was found by officers searching the River Frome in the Napier Road area of Eastville at 18:00 BST on Monday.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The East of the Mohicans.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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