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There was not a moment to be lost, for if the news reached the enemy the gorge known as Thoroughfare Gap would be occupied, and the whole object of the movement be defeated.
With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867
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There was not a moment to be lost, for if the news reached the enemy the gorge known as Thoroughfare Gap would be occupied, and the whole object of the movement would be defeated.
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The thoroughfare of Broad Run (a branch of Occoquan River) is today called Thoroughfare Gap.
Letter from Robert Carter to Thomas Barber, April 13, 1724 1724
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She recorded two excellent collections of originals -- "Thoroughfare" (a self-released disc that is now out of print) and "People Behave Like Ballads" (MaxJazz) -- and one recording of standards, "Middlehope" (Fresh Sounds).
Two Appealing Blends 2008
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a boat at the "Thoroughfare," near the railroad bridge, you lean over the side and see the dark glassy forms moving on the bottom.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various
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I came to Bud's music through Clifford Brown'sParisian Thoroughfare,an onomatopoeic rendition of a street scene of his adopted French hometown.
Out Walked Bud: The Manic Life and Obscure Death of Bud Powell Con Chapman 2011
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They include Cedar Creek, Va., site of an 1864 battle, which the trust says is endangered by limestone mining; Thoroughfare Gap, Va. -- near Haymarket -- where a strategically important small engagement took place in 1862 and there are plans for a cell phone tower; and the Wilderness, site of a large 1864 battle and home to a raging local battle over whether to build a Walmart.
Civil War Trust: Eight of 25 most endangered battlefields belong to Virginia 2010
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In a little town like Thoroughfare she was bound to see them, and their parents, every day for the next year.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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In a little town like Thoroughfare she was bound to see them, and their parents, every day for the next year.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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The third endangered Virginia battlefield is at Thoroughfare Gap, near Haymarket, where an 1862 battle site is threatened by the possible erection of a cellphone tower.
Endangered battlefield list includes 6 sites in D.C. region 2010
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