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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An estuary of the Delaware River emptying into the Atlantic Ocean between eastern Delaware and southern New Jersey.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River
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The Delaware Bay is a close second, Shomette said.
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The aim of the project is to deepen the shipping channel from 40 to 45 feet. 23 million cubic yards of sludge would have to be removed over a distance of 100 miles covering the Delaware Bay to the Port of Philadelphia.
Gene Marks: How Small Business Owners Make Decisions Gene Marks 2012
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A few miles to the west, it widens noticeably and then makes its way through the marshlands lining Delaware Bay.
Irene Leaves Behind Tales of Death Vanessa O'Connell 2011
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The aim of the project is to deepen the shipping channel from 40 to 45 feet. 23 million cubic yards of sludge would have to be removed over a distance of 100 miles covering the Delaware Bay to the Port of Philadelphia.
Gene Marks: How Small Business Owners Make Decisions Gene Marks 2012
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Hurricane warnings were issued for the U.S. coastline from North Carolina through Sandy Hook, N.J. and included Delaware Bay and parts of Chesapeake Bay, and forecasters warned in particular that the hurricane would bring large storm surges.
Irene Closes In on North Carolina Coast Valerie Bauerlein 2011
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The aim of the project is to deepen the shipping channel from 40 to 45 feet. 23 million cubic yards of sludge would have to be removed over a distance of 100 miles covering the Delaware Bay to the Port of Philadelphia.
Gene Marks: How Small Business Owners Make Decisions Gene Marks 2012
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Toward the end of August, Hudson and his men became the first Westerners known to enter Delaware Bay, but the phalanx of sandbars and shoals they soon discovered dispelled any thoughts that this was the passage to the Orient.
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NBC Philadelphia reports that tens of thousands of dead menhaden fish washed ashore Wednesday on a New Jersey beach along Delaware Bay.
Jersey Shore: Dead Fish Wash Ashore In Thousands For Second Time This Week On East Coast (VIDEO) 2010
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NBC Philadelphia reports that tens of thousands of dead menhaden fish washed ashore Wednesday on a New Jersey beach along Delaware Bay.
Jersey Shore: Dead Fish Wash Ashore In Thousands For Second Time This Week On East Coast (VIDEO) 2010
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The Downe Township school district, a relatively poor area of small farms and tidal marshes on the north shore of Delaware Bay, suffers from many of the problems common across the country.
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