St. Louis
Americannoun
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a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
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a river in NE Minnesota, flowing generally S to Lake Superior at Duluth. 160 miles (257 km) long.
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Known as the “Gateway to the West” because of its importance as a staging area for wagon trains in the nineteenth century. The Gateway Arch, made of steel and several hundred feet high, stands in St. Louis in commemoration of this fact.
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Gilliam once took Baker to eat lunch at Negro League legend Cool Papa Bell’s home in St. Louis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The lead lawyer for Trump’s petitions to the Supreme Court in the Carroll cases had been Justin Smith, until recently an attorney at the St. Louis, Mo.-based boutique James Otis Law Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has uncovered an unexpected feature of how these cancer vaccines work.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Average U.S. ground-beef prices have hovered near $7 a pound, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
She dreamed she was standing at the top of the steepest hill in Forest Park, St. Louis, in front of the art museum, on a fresh morning of new snow.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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