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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An independent city of southeast Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads north-northwest of Norfolk. Settled c. 1620, it gained economic importance with the beginning of its shipbuilding industry in the 1880s.
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- noun a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards
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The Newport News is a peninsula, it's very long, and we had destruction from one end of the city to the other.
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"A ship at sea calling Newport News," Lieutenant Mackinson informed the other two, who waited impatiently for Joe to begin recording the message.
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The tainted drywall has been found in some homes in the Hollymeade subdivision of Newport News, which is part of Wittman's district.
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A fierce debate rages on dailypress. com among people who want the program to remain and those from other localities who call Newport News 'program a leaf luxury.
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A fierce debate rages on dailypress. com among people who want the program to remain and those from other localities who call Newport News 'program a leaf luxury.
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A fierce debate rages on dailypress. com among people who want the program to remain and those from other localities who call Newport News 'program a leaf luxury.
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Man who leapt off Coleman Bridge identified as Newport News financial adviser
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• A story on Page 7 in Nation&World on Thursday about CVS opening new pharmacies in the area included one address, on Jefferson Avenue in Newport News, that is now used by an animal hospital.
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Newport News, that is now used by an animal hospital.
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U.S.: Fares shown are each way for travel daily for all destinations except Newport News which is valid Monday and Wednesday only.
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