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31 translations across 31 languages.
6 total sentences available.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton, and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
Source: tatoeba (330451)
They crossed the partly-frozen Delaware River.
Source: tatoeba (802561)
The Chesapeake watershed spans 64,000 squares miles, covering parts of six states—Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Over 17 million people live in this area.
Source: tatoeba (6679434)
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.
Source: tatoeba (10259285)
Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.
Closest matches include lenape, delaware language, delawarean, first state, river.
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