Pecos
Americannoun
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a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1,183 km) long.
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a town in W Texas, near the Pecos River.
noun
Example Sentences
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In May, a well on the Pecos County property of Laura Briggs started spraying saltwater like a fire hydrant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
In Bakersfield, professional baseball remains, but only in the form of the Pecos League, a bare-bones independent league that averaged 324 fans per game last year, according to the annual Number Tamer attendance analysis.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024
The Carlsbad Irrigation District on the southern end of the Pecos River opted to allocate a bit more to farmers this year due to the increased runoff.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023
I grew up in an old adobe home in Ribera, a village near the Pecos River, speaking some New Mexican Spanish — enough to get by, though not as splendidly as some classmates.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023
He told about the Appalachian League and the Carolina League and the Pecos Valley League and the Buckeye and the Mexican Leagues.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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