Lumber River
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In fact, Active Energy Renewable Power was sued for exactly that; lawsuits allege that the company has been illegally polluting the Lumber River in North Carolina without a permit or monitoring.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2022
In Lumberton, where the Lumber River inundated homes, Fire Chief John Paul Ivey couldn’t even count how many calls authorities had received about people needing to be rescued.
From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2018
A few minutes before, it had finally stopped raining, but the whole watershed was still rushing into the Lumber River.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 18, 2018
Along Alamac Road, which spans the Lumber River in better times and was awash with it Sunday, the extent of the region’s flood damage and the remaining threat was visible in microcosm.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2018
The Lumber River at Lumberton rose 4 feet higher than it had ever been measured before.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2016
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