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Nueces

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[noo-ey-suhs, nyoo-] / nuˈeɪ səs, nyu- /

noun

  1. a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.


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Just outside the city, it is pumping brackish groundwater from wells and discharging it into the Nueces River, which flows into a water treatment plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Colby Wiltse, Citizens Defending Freedom’s Texas state director, called Mr. Gonzalez’s resignation “a great day for justice in Nueces County.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Kara Sands, the election administrator in Nueces County, said her office pressed voters to include more than one identification number as a guardrail against having their ballot rejected.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022

More than 10,000 people in Nueces County, which includes Corpus Christi, have now been infected with the virus, and at least 140 people have died.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2020

General Taylor established a camp at Corpus Christi in the latter part of 1845, at the mouth of the Nueces.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

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