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The plant was then discharging excess amounts of pollutants into a tributary of La Trappe Creek, which empties into the Choptank River and eventually the bay.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022
Master Archie scorned the idea, and began to have sundry visions of joining the monks of La Trappe as soon as he grew old enough.
From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes
What sort of a verdict would the shrewdest gipsy pass upon the monk of La Trappe?
From How to Observe Morals and Manners by Martineau, Harriet
The colony at La Trappe is the head and centre of a party which abhors war, which refuses resistance, which aims, peacefully perhaps, at political and social annihilation.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
With the German armies massing behind the forest borders yonder, it is unsafe for the government to leave you here at La Trappe, doctor.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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