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Lehigh

American  
[lee-hahy] / ˈli haɪ /

noun

  1. a river in E Pennsylvania, flowing SW and SE into the Delaware River. 103 miles (165 km) long.


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Bethlehem sits at the heart of the Lehigh Valley, a former US stronghold of heavy industry.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“The collective, unified anger at tech companies is really remarkable,” said Brian Creech, a professor of journalism and communication at Lehigh University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Researchers from the University of Toronto, L'École Normale Supérieure in Paris and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania reached the finding by studying ultracold potassium atoms cooled to nearly absolute zero.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

The median sale price in Lehigh Acres was $310,000 in May, compared with $652,000 in Miami, according to real-estate brokerage Redfin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One fire at Lehigh started in 1850 and didn’t burn itself out until the Great Depression—eighty years after it started.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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