Tennessee River
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Classic Texas songs like Halo, Say What You Want and I Don't Want A Lover are purified in the swampy waters of the Tennessee River, and reborn with a spacious, soulful clarity.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024
A Bald Eagle disappeared into the trees on the far bank of the Tennessee River just as the two researchers at the bow of our modest motorboat began hauling in the trawl net.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023
The 360 Grille is a slowly revolving restaurant, 20 stories in the air and overlooking the Tennessee River.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Fans heaved the uprooted goalposts into the Tennessee River.
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2022
At the lake’s western end, where the Little Tennessee River flows into it, stands a big hydroelectric dam, 480 feet high, built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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