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River Rouge

American  

noun

  1. a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.


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At a news conference at the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, on Monday, Mr. Ford pleaded with the union to work with the company.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2023

A Ford 2018 F150 pick-up truck moves down the assembly line at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant during the 100-year celebration of the Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan U.S.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2021

At the same time, automakers began building new factories outside the city and closing or downsizing their Detroit operations, including Ford’s massive River Rouge complex.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2020

Muslims and Arab Americans began arriving in the Detroit metro area in the late 1800s and early 1900s to work in the booming auto plants, including Henry Ford’s legendary River Rouge complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2020

I near retched when the sheriff said, “All right, boy, what y’all gotta do is keep going due south on this trail ’bout four more mile; you gonna hit a town called River Rouge.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis