Potomac River
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Sometimes used to refer loosely to Washington, D.C.: “Along the Potomac today, Congress met to vote on the budget.”
Example Sentences
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The president is also seeking to build a 250-foot-tall “triumphal arch” near Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River at the foot of Memorial Bridge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
And Trump has plans to connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River by building a promenade, one of many projects he has said may be named after himself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The Appalachian springsnail hasn’t been documented in Washington County since the ’90s—not that many people have been looking—and the mussels live in the Potomac River, separated from the warehouse by Semple Run and Conococheague Creek.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
Trump has also proposed building an enormous, 250-foot tall "Independence Arch" -- reminiscent of Paris' Arc de Triomphe -- on the bank of the Potomac River near the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Work continued in the winter, when land was cleared for the next planting season, ice was harvested from the Potomac River, and trees were cut for firewood and fencing.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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