Fort Definition–noun | 1. | a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification. | | 2. | any permanent army post. | | 3. | (formerly) a trading post. | —Idiom | 4. | hold the fort, | a. | to defend one's position against attack or criticism. | | b. | to maintain the existing state of affairs. | | |
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Valley Definition–noun, plural -leys. | 1. | an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream. | | 2. | an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region dra
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ined by a great river system. | | 3. | any depression or hollow resembling a valley. | | 4. | a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation. | | 5. | any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair. | | 6. | Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof. | | 7. | the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion. | |
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TradingMarkets - Found Nov. 15, 2008
Spanish Fort overcame an early 9-0 deficit and beat Valley 26-9 in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs. Afterward, Valley coach Roger McDonald...
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Company scours fort for munitions: A Maryland firm has received a ...
TradingMarkets - Found Nov. 8, 2008
... other munitions buried in the dirt at 13 different sites on Fort Monroe. EA Engineering Science and Technology of Hunt Valley, Md., received a...
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Scout.com - Found Nov. 7, 2008
... basketball season tonight with an exhibition game against Fort Valley State.
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Raleigh News & Observer - Found Nov. 6, 2008
... hammered home N.C. State's first dunk less than two minutes into the exhibition opener against Fort Valley State at Reynolds Coliseum.
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Fort Valley Church Celebrates 125 Years
13WMAZ - Found Nov. 16, 2008
Members of St. Peter AME Church in Fort Valley celebrated 125 years of worship with a special quasquicentennial anniversary service on Sunday.
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NC State scores 94-65 win over Ft. Valley State
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Opelika-Auburn News - Found Nov. 15, 2008
... night as Spanish Fort overcame an early 9-0 deficit and beat Valley 26-9 in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs. Afterward, Valley coach...
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