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Rappahannock

American  
[rap-uh-han-uhk] / ˌræp əˈhæn ək /

noun

  1. a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.


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He was held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, Va., according to inmate records.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

The Northern Neck is a peninsula, bordered by the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south.

From Washington Times Aug. 29, 2023

“I’ve also played Cardinal Bellarmine in James Reston’s ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ and General John Belle Hood in James Reston’s ‘Sherman, the Peacemaker’ in an open-air theatre also in Rappahannock County,” he continued.

From Washington Times May 4, 2023

In one of his most famous maps of the region, Smith — the English explorer — depicted three Rappahannock towns at Fones Cliffs.

From Washington Post Jan. 20, 2023

We set it upon the Rappahannock and cast off.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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