Newport News

[ noo-pawrt, -pohrt, -pert, nyoo- ]

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Newport News

functioning as singular a port in SE Virginia, at the mouth of the James River: an industrial centre, with one of the world's largest shipyards. Pop: 181 647 (2003 est)

His lone stable was a girl from Newport News, Virginia, who had already escaped one nightmare.

The Newport News, Virginia, school added, “Federal law prohibits us from reporting on university disciplinary actions.”

Our destination proved to be Newport News—a march of nearly seventy miles.

Next morning we retired over the road upon which we had advanced, and encamped near Newport News.

Along the road men were already cooking their breakfasts, and artillery was hurrying towards Newport News.

What I had to tell him of Newport News and its shipyards was beyond his comprehension.

Beyond all these could be seen something of the town of Newport News itself.

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