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Tees

American

[teez] / tiz /

noun

a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.

Tees British

/ tiːz /

noun

a river in N England, rising in the N Pennines and flowing southeast and east to the North Sea at Middlesbrough. Length: 113 km (70 miles)

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In 2022, an investigation found major failings in the care the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Trust provided to three teenagers before their death.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

"I've been very close a few times with illness," he told BBC Radio Tees.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

"I just was really looking to working with him because I loved the demos," he told BBC Radio Tees.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

"I knew his face, but I had no idea he was a singer, guitar player and a songwriter," he told BBC Radio Tees.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

And we, too, must be gone; and now that we have seen “Where Tees in tumult leaves his source Thund’ring o’er Caldron and High Force,” we will gather ourselves up and travel on.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

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