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Neuse

American  
[noos, nyoos] / nus, nyus /

noun

  1. a river in E central North Carolina, flowing SE to Pamlico Sound. 275 miles (442 km) long.


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"This different surveying effort has changed what we're finding and our perspective on what's possible out there. There are still discoveries to be made, even in the Neuse River game lands."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

A storm surge warning was in effect from Duck, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia, including Chesapeake Bay south of Windmill Point, and for the Neuse River, the Pamlico River, and portions of Pamlico Sound.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

A witness shared with the police a photograph of the suspect dressed in camouflage, and they believed he was making his way to the Neuse River Greenway Trail.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

One of the neighborhood’s treasures is the Neuse River Greenway, a bicycle and walking trail that snakes along behind the Greenawalts’ home.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

On March 3d, at noon, the regiment was again on board the "John Farron," and on its way to Newbern, arriving there the next day evening and quartering in barracks near the Neuse River.

From History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers by Blakeslee, B. F.