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Great Bend

American  

noun

  1. a city in central Kansas.


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In the process of making this turn - which has been termed "the Great Bend" - the river drops hundreds of metres in its elevation.

From BBC

The Hood Canal — from its entrance near Foulweather Bluff, around the Great Bend, to Lynch Cove in Belfair — has been misidentified as a canal long enough.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Cameron is scheduled to hold a reading Friday at the Scarsdale Public Library, and another reading Jan. 20 at the Central Kansas Christian Academy in Great Bend.

From Washington Times

Adam Hales decided in April to reopen the investigation into the Jan. 24, 1980, killing, which happened at a trailer park near the airport in Great Bend, a city of about 15,000 residents in central Kansas.

From Seattle Times

He said Great Bend police, Barton County sheriff’s and KBI agents collected numerous DNA samples in the past and held Tuesday’s news conference to encourage someone who might have even the slightest detail relevant to the case to come forward, Latham said.

From Seattle Times