Chesapeake

American

[ches-uh-peek] / ˈtʃɛs əˌpik /

noun

(italics) a U.S. frigate boarded in 1807 by the British, who removed part of its crew and impressed some members into British service: captured by the British in naval battle near Boston in 1813.
a city in SE Virginia.

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DC Water, the water and wastewater utility in Washington, has diverted about 40 million gallons of sewage a day into a section of the nearly 200-year-old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal to bypass the break.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maryland, which has jurisdiction over the river downstream from the spill between D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay, issued an advisory for shellfish harvesting in part of the river.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chesapeake Risk Advisors’ Clifford Rossi estimates that severe-delinquency rates could increase by 18%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dell’Osso was appointed as CEO of Chesapeake Energy in 2021, months after the company emerged from bankruptcy after a big, ill-timed expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal

About one hundred yards up that hill ran the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks, where black and navy-blue trains with a yellow Cheshire cat painted on them rumbled through town twice daily, morning and evening.

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