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Virgin River

American  

noun

  1. a river in SW Utah, NW Arizona, and SE Nevada, flowing SW and S to the Colorado River at Lake Mead. 200 miles (322 km) long.


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Callum Kerr, who appeared in Hollyoaks and Netflix's Virgin River, said it would be "inappropriate" for the memory of his mother, Dawn Searle, to be associated with her husband Andrew Searle.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

The rocky sandstone trail offers expansive views of the main Zion Canyon and the Virgin River gleaming in the sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

A search team found the woman by the Virgin River in the Narrows, the slimmest section of the Zion Canyon and one of the most popular areas in Zion National Park.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022

"Virgin River," for example, despite being set in a busy, populated town, has only one young child: Christopher, and the poor thing keeps getting kidnapped, a hazard of life on the Netflix show.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022

When the Washoe passes were closed by snow, California travel by the plains route necessarily was diverted, either around by Oregon or southward through the Virgin River section.

From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock

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