Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of east-central North Carolina flowing about 310 km (195 mi) generally southeast to Pamlico Sound.
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Examples
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Creating a way at a reasonable cost, with minimal damage, to make the most of an amenity like the Neuse River is a smart idea.
Observer: Home Page 2010
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Nothing is gained without a cost, and surely the Neuse River is a treasured public resource we owe it to ourselves to protect.
Observer: Home Page 2010
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Located near the Neuse River, it had a picnic shelter, tee-ball fields and soccer fields, a nature trail and the playground where the boy's mother, Sandy, was supposed to bring him at three.
The Son of Estelle Ivy Lou Freshwater 2011
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A hunter and fisherman, Mr. Bacon grew up swimming and fishing in North Carolina's Neuse River, which he now says has "basically become a toxic dumping ground."
Helping Protect the Hudson River Melanie Grayce West 2011
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From there it slips down to House Creek, then over to Crabtree Creek, where it tumbles into the Neuse River.
J. Michael Welton: Scarred Site to Cultural Center J. Michael Welton 2010
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We meet Rick Dove, a former US Marine JAG Corps Attorney and avid fisherman in North Carolina who finds himself waging a very personal war with CAFO operators when their leaking and rupturing lagoons poison his beloved Neuse River and lead directly to his son's death.
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We meet Rick Dove, a former US Marine JAG Corps Attorney and avid fisherman in North Carolina who finds himself waging a very personal war with CAFO operators when their leaking and rupturing lagoons poison his beloved Neuse River and lead directly to his son's death.
Biography of a Pork Chop: David Kirby's Animal Factory, and the Not-So-Hidden Costs of Cheap Food 2010
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From there it slips down to House Creek, then over to Crabtree Creek, where it tumbles into the Neuse River.
J. Michael Welton: Scarred Site to Cultural Center J. Michael Welton 2010
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The "cell from hell" has killed so many fish -- a billion in one 1991 incident -- that North Carolina used bulldozers to bury them beneath the rancid shores of the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound.
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Although we have several weeks of rain and the reservoirs have filled to overflowing, to the point that 50 million gallons are dumped each day into the Neuse River, the city has yet to remove the water restrictions.
Archive 2008-05-04 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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