Las Vegas
Americannoun
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a city in SE Nevada.
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a city in central New Mexico.
noun
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A famous gambling and entertainment center.
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The vision of a Nevada gambling hub south of Las Vegas along the Interstate 15 Freeway was perhaps done in by SoCal tribal casinos offering shorter drives and similar services.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“Those children had never been outside of West Las Vegas in their whole lives—including my children,” she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“I wasn’t afraid of nothing,” recalled Duncan, who died in Las Vegas on April 26 at 93.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
On Monday, Fisher and the A’s open a six-game homestand at a triple-A ballpark in Las Vegas, an appetizer before their scheduled move into a new stadium there in 2028.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
He had taken a Memorial Day weekend trip with a friend, another student at our school, and the friend’s father to Las Vegas.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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