Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border. Founded in the 1830s, it grew rapidly after the discovery of oil in the region (1906).
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- proper noun A city in the state of
Louisiana ,America .
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- noun a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
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Examples
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SHREVEPORT - Two Arkansas men died Saturday when their pickup truck collided head-on with a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins 'band in north Louisiana near Shreveport.
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SHREVEPORT - Two Arkansas men died Saturday when their pickup truck collided head-on with a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins 'band in north Louisiana near Shreveport.
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SHREVEPORT - Two Arkansas men died Saturday when their pickup truck collided head-on with a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins 'band in north Louisiana near Shreveport.
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SHREVEPORT - A Shreveport 12-year-old was killed trying to cross I-20 east between Monkhouse Drive and Jewella Avenue, Shreveport police say.
thetowntalk.com - 2009
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SHREVEPORT - A large plume of black smoke is rising from a three-alarm fire at a Shreveport refinery after area residents reported an explosion.
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But what happens when our elderly neighbor stops to tell us about his recent visit with his daughter's family in Shreveport?
Susan Stiffelman: Are We One Click Away From Disconnecting From the People Around Us? Susan Stiffelman 2010
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But what happens when our elderly neighbor stops to tell us about his recent visit with his daughter's family in Shreveport?
Susan Stiffelman: Are We One Click Away From Disconnecting From the People Around Us? Susan Stiffelman 2010
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A hungry and homeless Black man in Shreveport, Louisiana, walks into a bank, announces to a teller that it's a stickup (and pretends to be armed).
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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More usefully, perhaps, they do say with some certainty that the film will start shooting on April 17th in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Kate Hudson Joining Jennifer Garner and Maybe Jim Carrey in Butter | /Film 2010
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Jaeger is a one-year old drahthaar in Shreveport, LA.
Best Gun Dog Contest 2009
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