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Nueces

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

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

In Corpus Christi, she became director of the Nueces County Legal Aid Program in 1965, and three years later, she was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, defeating a Republican incumbent.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2021

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

"Extending to the valleys of the Colorado and Nueces."

From Texas Honey Plants by Sanborn, C. E.

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