Newport News

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noun

a seaport in SE Virginia: shipbuilding and ship-repair center.

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Words nearby Newport News

New Plymouth, New Politics, Newport, Newport Beach, Newport East, Newport News, New Port Richey, New Providence, New Quebec, New Realism, new-rich

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How to use Newport News in a sentence

Two more trains would be added — one ending in Richmond and the other in Newport News — by 2026, with three additional trains to Richmond added by the end of the decade.
Virginia expands Amtrak service to downtown Richmond as part of $3.7 billion rail program|Luz Lazo|September 27, 2021|Washington Post
Other service to downtown Richmond continues into Newport News.
Virginia expands Amtrak service to downtown Richmond as part of $3.7 billion rail program|Luz Lazo|September 27, 2021|Washington Post
The Newport News-based Wason Center, which published its latest poll the day before early voting began, put McAuliffe at 47 percent in the primary and his Democratic rivals in single digits.
The Trailer: Make history, or bring back TMac? Virginia Democrats are leaning toward the latter.|David Weigel|May 20, 2021|Washington Post
Available in Virginia at Beer Run in Charlottesville, Fin & Tonic and Uncork’d in Suffolk, Fin Seafood in Newport News, Pagan River Wine Merchants in Smithfield, Vienna Vintner in Vienna.
Usher in spring with this delightfully crisp sauvignon blanc that costs just $14|Dave McIntyre|March 19, 2021|Washington Post

Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.
Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too|John Avlon|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And extortion makes a lot more sense before a story hits the news wire, not after.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
News came that the rebels were plundering the British quarters, and the infantry went there in hot haste.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
A considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for Newport News

Newport News

noun

(functioning as singular) a port in SE Virginia, at the mouth of the James River: an industrial centre, with one of the world's largest shipyards. Pop: 181 647 (2003 est)

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