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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But after struggling on the road before losing consecutive games at home against Las Vegas and Dallas amid a three-game losing streak, the Sparks needed something to go right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
A Las Vegas elementary school now bears her name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
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
If his father had cared about him one bit, he would not have invited Leandra to Las Vegas in the first place.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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