bayou
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The bayou battle breaks new ground: It marks a rare instance where an electric utility has been allowed to cut off customers through a regulatory process called abandonment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The day after Ida struck, Story motored through the bayou in his boat, photographing his camp and others to reassure neighbors their cabins had survived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The intimacy of the Geffen Playhouse’s second stage helped crystallize Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brothers Size,” part of the playwright’s acclaimed “Brother/Sister” trilogy set in the Louisiana bayou and incorporating West African mythology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
Tiana’s takes an even lighter touch to theme park narrative design, as the story push is simply going on a journey in search of bayou musicians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024
I went to the bayou, knowing that Sandy needed me.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
The family’s roots sprang from enslaved forebears, including Willie Rosenthal, whose dozen children and grandchildren rose from the Central Louisiana bayous to attain social and professional prominence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain heavy rains, but the engineering initially designed nearly 100 years ago has struggled to keep up with the city’s growth and bigger storms.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
“But our Giselle was transposed out of Austria to the bayous of Louisiana, so it made it relevant to us at the time.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
A longtime hunter, he had been raised in Orange County but born to roam — into the bayous of Louisiana and the mountains of Colorado and many points between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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