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Houston

[ hyoo-stuhn ]

noun

  1. Sam(uel), 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
  2. a city in SE Texas: a port on a ship canal, about 50 miles (80 km) from the Gulf of Mexico.


Houston

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. an inland port in SE Texas, linked by the Houston Ship Canal to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: capital of the Republic of Texas (1837–39; 1842–45); site of the Manned Spacecraft Center (1964). Pop: 2 009 690 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Houston

  1. Largest city in Texas .
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Notes

A center of the oil industry and the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .
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Attention this week is firmly on the women's game, with the first major of the year, the Chevron Championship, being held at The Club at Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas.

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All of this takes on new meaning, especially if we recall JFK’s 1962 speech at Rice University in Houston.

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Diego Fagúndez, who captained the Galaxy against Houston and scored the team’s only goal Saturday in his 400th MLS appearance, agrees the team needs to stop looking for scapegoats and start looking for solutions.

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LeBron James sustained an apparent injury in the third quarter against the Houston Rockets, but he celebrated with ease on the bench and appeared to be OK.

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The play premiered in Houston in 2022 and has since been performed around the US in Oregon, California and Florida, but this will mark its West End debut.

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