Passaic

[ puh-sey-ik ]

/ pəˈseɪ ɪk /

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noun

a city in NE New Jersey.

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That same night, in Passaic, New Jersey, two college students were sucked into the very same drain where, just one year earlier, a DoorDash driver had been pulled in.
Storm Drains Keep Swallowing People During Floods|by Topher Sanders|December 9, 2021|ProPublica
The city has invested heavily in new and refurbished parks, including a boardwalk along the Passaic River.
The Leak of a Mysterious Video Could Change the Outcome of Newark’s Mayor’s Race|Charles Upton Sahm|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, rising flood waters on Tuesday onn the Passaic River in New Jersey forced evacuations in Paterson and Wallington.
Irene Ranks Among Costliest U.S. Disasters|The Daily Beast|August 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So, when we went to open up for the Beastie Boys in Passaic, New Jersey, I wore the clock.
Hip-Hop Star Flavor Flav Talks Dirty|Marlow Stern|May 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The latter is said to have built the “Polacca,” a small steamboat launched on the Passaic River in 1798.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
He fitted up the boiler of the steamboat Passaic for it in 1818, and adopted anthracite as a steaming-coal.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
These were tide-water streams, the Passaic and the Hackensack, with small ships and coal and brick barges tied at the water side.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser
He changed the direction of his advance, swinging west to avoid the long bridges over the Passaic River.
The Onslaught from Rigel|Fletcher Pratt
Out on the golf links near Passaic he met another girl, one of a group that flourished there.
Twelve Men|Theodore Dreiser