Shreveport
[shreev-pawrt, -pohrt]
- a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
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Examples from the Web for shreveport
Contemporary Examples
The traveling show arrived in Shreveport at 7:30 in the morning after an all-night drive.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’Peter Guralnick
December 28, 2014
In January, the Shreveport Times reported that McAllister said that his job "sucks [and] it ain't no fun."
In Shreveport, La., a veteran overdoses on morphine while housed in a locked VA psychiatric unit.
They met when they were living in Shreveport, La., in the mid-1990s, and by 1997 they were living together.
The goings-on of the Shreveport werewolf pack and Alcide (Joe Manganiello)?
Historical Examples
From all I can learn we are on the way to Shreveport, where the Rebels are said to be waiting in force.
Diary of an Enlisted ManLawrence Van Alstyne
Shreveport is said to be the gateway between this state and Texas.
Diary of an Enlisted ManLawrence Van Alstyne
I was in Shreveport the night of the 23d and the night of the 22d.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
In consequence Alexandria has no rival in the state except Shreveport.
The houseboat bookWilliam F. Waugh
Going on to Shreveport, I found everything in a chaotic condition.
The Bright Side of Prison LifeSamuel A. Swiggett
Shreveport
- 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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