Willamette

[wi-lam-it]

noun

1. a river flowing N through NW Oregon into the Columbia River at Portland. About 290 miles (465 km) long.

Example Sentences

Then she drove off to Portland, Ore., where she forestalled her father’s hope that she become a lawyer by eventually landing a job at alternative newspaper Willamette Week.

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A native Californian and graduate of Sacramento State, Sasse settled in Canby, Ore., a small Willamette Valley town south of Portland, about three decades ago.

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Pomeroy’s body was discovered in the Willamette River located in Hyak Park, Oregon, on Wednesday around 10 a.m., according to a press release from the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

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Pomeroy’s family told Portland Monthly that the accident occurred when their inner tubes, which were tied together, flipped over in fast-moving currents after hitting a snag on the Willamette River.

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Willamette Week revealed that the company sold dozens of properties to its pension fund and has struggled to pay bills.

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