Rapidan

American  

[rap-i-dan] / ˌræp ɪˈdæn /

noun

1. a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.

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Example Sentences

Following the shale boom, many people thought that the U.S. no longer needed a SPR at all, said Robert McNally, president at Rapidan Energy Group and a former energy adviser to President George W. Bush.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Rapidan Energy Group says the 20% disruption from “Gulf War III” is more than double the prior record set in 1956-57.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The 2019 attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq processing facility, for instance, briefly knocked roughly 7 million barrels per day offline, notes Bob McNally, president of consultancy Rapidan Energy Group.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

“I think prices are starting to melt up,” said Robert McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, a research firm.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The Confederate left crossed the Rapidan, and from Orange Court-House made connection with the troops on the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James