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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising in west-central Wyoming and flowing about 740 km (460 mi) north to join the Yellowstone River in southern Montana northeast of Billings. On the east side of the river are the Bighorn Mountains, a section of the Rocky Mountains climbing to 4,013 m (13,167 ft) at Cloud Peak.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
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Examples
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By 1860 the Sioux had driven them far to the west, all the way back to the Bighorn River in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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By 1860 the Sioux had driven them far to the west, all the way back to the Bighorn River in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Scarlett heads up a group of eight friends, including Cheney, who for over a decade have annually put in two days on the Bighorn River in Montana before coming back to Jackson for a few more, and then a two-day float down the South Fork, while camping overnight in the canyon.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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The route Two Spuds sketched would cross the Powder River south of Acme, head pretty much due west to cross the Bighorn River just north of Bighorn Lake, then follow the river north across the Montana state line.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Two Spuds and Plenty Doors led the way, splashed across the Bighorn River so they could head up the west side of Bighorn Canyon.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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The route Two Spuds sketched would cross the Powder River south of Acme, head pretty much due west to cross the Bighorn River just north of Bighorn Lake, then follow the river north across the Montana state line.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Two Spuds and Plenty Doors led the way, splashed across the Bighorn River so they could head up the west side of Bighorn Canyon.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Two Spuds and Plenty Doors led the way, splashed across the Bighorn River so they could head up the west side of Bighorn Canyon.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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The route Two Spuds sketched would cross the Powder River south of Acme, head pretty much due west to cross the Bighorn River just north of Bighorn Lake, then follow the river north across the Montana state line.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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They drove southeast toward the Bighorn River, into a basin from which they could see the Absarokas to the west.
Heaven’s Keep William Kent Krueger 2009
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