Adela Rogers, 1894–1988, U.S. journalist and writer.
a river flowing N and E through NE Florida into the Atlantic. 276 miles (444 km) long.
French St.-Jean. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
a seaport in and the capital of Newfoundland, on the SE part of the island.
a seaport on and the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, in the E West Indies.
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No team has ever chased down more than 316 at the venue, while the biggest successful run chase in Test history was 418 by the West Indies against Australia at St. Johns in 2003.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
A St. Augustine resident is behind the games: Pete Melfi, owner of The 904 Now, a media outlet covering St. Johns County.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Other notable counties include Rockwall County, northeast of Dallas, Texas — 7.4% — and St. Johns County, south of Jacksonville, Fla., at 6.6%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
The anonymous plaintiffs are four mothers with transgender children, ages 9 to 14, from St. Johns, Alachua, Duval and Orange counties.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
From Durban I drove south along the coast past Port Shepstone and Port St. Johns, small and lovely colonial towns that dotted the shimmering beaches fronting the Indian Ocean.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He painted The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, which still hangs in St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, and is the only painting Caravaggio ever signed.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
“It became clear that we were going to wind up in a healthcare crisis,” said Jim Mangia, chief executive of St. John’s Community Health, who is helping lead the effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
As part of my coursework at St. John’s University this year, I took a class in collegiate debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
I wrote down all the names of all the cities I’d have to pass through to get there, Owosso, Ovid, St. John’s, Ionia and Lowell, and put the paper in my pocket.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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