Presque Isle

American  

[presk ahyl] / ˌprɛsk ˈaɪl /

noun

1. a city in NE Maine.

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Example Sentences

Replacement of Maine's century-old Ticonic Bridge in Waterville and upgrades to the airport in Presque Isle are among the thousands of projects nationwide funded by President Joe Biden's bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure law.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

Presque Isle brought Mi’kmaq drummers into their schools, and Houlton invited Mi’kmaq and Maliseet members to class.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

Bowen, who was overcome with emotion after winning the race last year, was set to ride again but suffered a broken collar bone over the weekend at Presque Isle racetrack in Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2022

Tuesday when 25-year-old Joseph Oldenburg allegedly hopped into the driver’s seat of a Ford F-150 parked in front of the Star City IGA, part of the small grocery store chain based in Presque Isle, Maine.

From Fox News • Jul. 21, 2021

The Americans possessed at the same period a brig, the Detroit, and a sloop, the former a very fine vessel, and in readiness for any service, although then laid up at Presque Isle.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by Brenton, E. B.