Wrangell
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Wrangell usually celebrates Thanksgiving with a tree lighting and downtown shopping events but could replace that with a vigil, he said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023
Wrangell is one of the oldest non-Alaska Native settlements in the state — founded in 1811 when Russians began trading with Tlingits, according to a state database of Alaska communities.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023
Monday local time in Wrangell, Alaska, where “the slide covered and effectively closed Zimovia Highway” at its 11th milepost, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said on Tuesday.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Jacobs said the rainfall Wrangell received on Monday wasn’t unusual, but the strong winds could have helped trigger the slide.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He still wasn’t convinced I’d climbed the Thumb, but by the time he steered the skiff into Wrangell Narrows, he pretended to be.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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