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Following his confession, Oxford led police beyond a set of railroad tracks, past a church, to a tree stump near the bank of a creek.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

They include a multistory branch of Bank Melli Iran along the creek in the city’s old town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

While recording in a park one evening, Jack picks up the sound of a car tire exploding before he sees the vehicle careen off the road and into a creek.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

John Quincy Adams swam in a nearby creek.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

When Dismay spotted me watching him, he plopped himself down in the creek, just like that.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

The sizable farm was previously described as being home to an abundance of wildlife—and multiple trails and two year-round creeks run through the land.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But this year the Rockies had the least snow on record, and they’ve watched springs dry up and creeks dwindle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

It “addresses the effects of concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces that cover the urban landscape in these two watersheds, to protect water quality in the creeks, rivers and beaches downstream,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

There were all the coves and creeks where one could fish and set traps.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry