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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A wooded and hilly region of northeast France between the Meuse and Aisne Rivers. The area was a major battleground during World War I.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
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So Paul partnered with researcher Arun Wagh, a staff ceramist in Argonne’s Energy Techonology Division, to combine their technologies.
Grancrete: A Great New Low Cost Building Option | Impact Lab 2006
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A month later they were in that bit of hell known as the Argonne Forest, where on September 26th, they covered themselves with glory.
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There was the same vast stretch of grim forest known as the Argonne, with occasional openings here and there, "breathing spots," they might be called.
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach
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In that vast tract of wooded country known as the Argonne the Huns had located innumerable machine-gun nests designed to check the advance of the Yankees and make them pay a fearful price for what they got.
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach
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The Argonne is a long, nearly straight range of hills running from the south northward, a good deal to the west of north.
Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work C. Creighton Mandell 1922
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There is no disputing the fact that the Battle of the Argonne was the greatest battle ever fought by American troops and there are many military experts who declare that there have been few, if any, greater battles in the history of the world.
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The Argonne is a great cemetery from one end to the other.
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The facility, located at the National Reactor Testing Station approximately forty miles (60 km) west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was part of the Army Nuclear Power Program and was known as the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) during its design and build phase.
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The facility, located at the National Reactor Testing Station approximately forty miles (60 km) west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was part of the Army Nuclear Power Program and was known as the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) during its design and build phase.
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The facility, located at the National Reactor Testing Station approximately forty miles (60 km) west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was part of the Army Nuclear Power Program and was known as the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) during its design and build phase.
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