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Shreveport

American  
[shreev-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈʃrivˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.


Shreveport British  
/ ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River: centre of an oil and natural-gas region. Pop: 198 364 (2003 est)

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The children ranged in age from three to 11, according to Shreveport police.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Louisiana's Department of Health confirmed on Sunday that the two men who died of hypothermia were in Caddo Parish, a region which contains the city of Shreveport.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2026

Southern Methodist University worked because my grandmother, Mary Lou, lived in nearby Shreveport, La., and my Aunt Patti lived in Dallas, close to SMU’s campus.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

Following the global success of Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” its executive producer, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, plans to invest $124 million in a new production campus in Shreveport, La.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 13, 2026

A cell phone formerly in Ms. Lamar's possession was located at a campground in Monroe, Louisiana, shortly before authorities received an anonymous tip from two gas station employees in Shreveport.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

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