Hampton Roads
Americannoun
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Hampton Roads is under regulatory pressure to release less of those pollutants, which harm aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay, and the proposed $400 million investment would fund a new facility for removing them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Hampton Roads Pride, in Virginia, was forced to cut $80,000 from this year’s budget—amounting to a little less than 20 percent of its 2024 expenditures—to keep pace with reduced commitments from corporate sponsors.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025
Recruitment for the study started late last year with a pilot launch in Atlanta and Hampton Roads, Va., and enrollment expanded to other states and Washington in May.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024
The other incidents took place over a period of four months in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in late 2022 and early 2023, say US investigators.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
The ironclads Monitor and Virginia fighting in the Battle of Hampton Roads.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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