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• n  a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
  the creek dried up every summer
• n  any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

• Topsoil was sliding across the denuded ground, and the creek had turned brown.
• Near Pikes Peak was a creek with banks so steep that cattlemen named it Cripple Creek.
• In the creek, the search team found what it had been looking forsome 250 skulls and piles of bones.

• brook
• Creek

News & Articles

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• Oak Creek police plans ceremony for retirement of officer shot at Sikh temple rampage
  OAK CREEK, Wis. — The Oak Creek police department plans a ceremony for the retirement of an officer seriously wounded while responding to the fatal rampage at the Sikh temple last year.
  June 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Oak Creek plans ceremony for Lt. Murphy's retirement
  The Oak Creek police department plans a ceremony for the retirement of an officer seriously wounded while responding to the fatal rampage at the Sikh temple last year.
  June 13, 2013 - WKBT La Crosse
• Oak Creek plans ceremony for Murphy's retirement
  The Oak Creek police department plans a ceremony for the retirement of an officer seriously wounded while responding to the fatal rampage at the Sikh temple last year.
  June 13, 2013 - WBAY Green Bay

Quotes

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• Tiger Wood in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Ironically enough, on 13, it was the perfect club, a 4-iron,Woods said. "I had to hit a 5-iron as hard as I could over that creek and hook it back, which is not exactly the shot you want to hit there." "But looking back over the...
• Don Atchison in Global Edmonton
  I've spoken to (Premier Brad Wall) and he's assured me this will be dealt with just like Maple Creek,Atchison said at a special council meeting Friday morning where members passed a resolution to seek assistance so people can claim losses...
• Lance Armstrong in Forbes
  The cleanup "sets a good example for if somebody muddies up a creek," Armstrong said. "Here's how you fix it."