Alcatraz
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A lone coyote that swam more than a mile across the San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz Island is being monitored by scientists and could be moved if its presence threatens birds on the infamous Californian island.
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Whether Floyd can stay on Alcatraz "depends entirely on how it behaves", says Aidan Moore, a local tour guide who shared footage of the coyote's journey.
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Video footage of Floyd - believed to be a male - hopping onto Alcatraz's rocks was captured by a tourist and shared with Moore.
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Alcatraz island - nicknamed "the Rock" because it was regarded as an impregnable fortress - is home to the shuttered federal penitentiary that housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the US.
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It also served as the backdrop of the 1996 action thriller The Rock starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage and the 1979 drama Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood.
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