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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising in central North Carolina and flowing about 320 km (200 mi) southeast to the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Fear.
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- noun a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear
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Examples
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The entrance into the River, now called Cape Fear River, the situation of the Cape, and trending of the land, is plainly laid down to the eye in the Map annexed.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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A state official is questioning a national study that says in 2007 the Cape Fear River was the sixth most polluted waterway in the country.
unknown title 2009
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A state official is questioning a national study that says in 2007 the Cape Fear River was the sixth most polluted waterway in the country.
unknown title 2009
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A state official is questioning a national study that says in 2007 the Cape Fear River was the sixth most polluted waterway in the country.
unknown title 2009
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In February, 2010, I reported on the grassroot effort to derail Titan America's plan to build the 4th largest cement plant in the nation in Castle Hayne on Cape Fear River near Wilmington, NC.
Yuna Shin: Grassroots Environmental Group Takes On a Corporate Titan (America) in Wilmington, NC Yuna Shin 2011
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Greenpeace and UNCW ECO hosted a day of "non-violent direct action" NVDA training and held a vigil at Progress Energy's 672 MW coal-fired Sutton plant on Cape Fear River.
Yuna Shin: Grassroots Environmental Group Takes On a Corporate Titan (America) in Wilmington, NC Yuna Shin 2011
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In February, 2010, I reported on the grassroot effort to derail Titan America's plan to build the 4th largest cement plant in the nation in Castle Hayne on Cape Fear River near Wilmington, NC.
Yuna Shin: Grassroots Environmental Group Takes On a Corporate Titan (America) in Wilmington, NC Yuna Shin 2011
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The Big City: Downtown Wilmington, a twenty-minute drive west of the beach, is edged by the Cape Fear River.
Fathom: Hanging Onto Summer In Wrightsville Beach, NC Fathom 2011
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State authorities didn't add Melton Robinson Jr., 27, whose corpse surfaced in the Cape Fear River last Sunday, to its death toll list until the middle of the week.
The Fog of Death Tolls Mike Esterl 2011
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