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Wood River

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois.


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Owners of two ranches involved in the Wood River Wolf Project “were unaware of the proposal” and had not agreed to partner with the predator control company.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

But for one week in July, some of them converge on a single 100-foot-wide asphalt runway beside the jagged hills of Idaho’s Wood River Valley.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

As the paved highway winds through the Wood River Valley, there are multiple pull-off points to allow drivers to view the stars.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2021

“I love exploring the state I grew up in, the state I continue to call home,” Shannon Cook of Wood River, Nebraska, wrote at nebraskapassport.com.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2019

It was situated on the river about a mile and a quarter above the crossing of the Red Wood River.

From History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry by Stees, Charles J.