Shreveport
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He didn’t explain the nature of the dispute in Shreveport, a city in northwest Louisiana near the Texas border.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
"We have hurting families, we have hurting police officers, coroners' personnel," Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 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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