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Palouse

American  
[puh-loos] / pəˈlus /

noun

  1. a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.


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Schulz’s announcement is the latest departure from the Palouse following the announcement on March 25 that men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith had taken the same job at Stanford after a five-year run with the Cougars.

From Seattle Times Apr. 19, 2024

He has also worked to entice students to the campus in Moscow, a city in a remote area of the state called the Palouse, which is distinctive for its vast rolling hills covered in wheat.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2024

Stanford: The Cardinal showed lots of moxie in wet, ugly conditions on the Palouse.

From Washington Times Nov. 5, 2023

During the week, scores of fans packed into RVs and road-tripped to the Palouse for this game.

From Seattle Times Sep. 8, 2023

So were Hush-hush-cute, chief of the Palouse tribe who mingled with the Pierced Noses in friendship; and Sub-Chiefs Looking Glass and White Bird; and old Too-hul-hul-so-te, a Too-at, or Drummer Dreamer chief.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

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