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Colton

American  
[kohl-tn] / ˈkoʊl tn /

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.


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In Phoenix, the new pipe will connect with an existing 500-mile pipeline that ends in Colton, Calif., about an hour east of Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Cadillac even more so - and if one of their drivers move on it would likely only be to make way for reserve driver Colton Herta.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Arroyo Grande 4, Loyola 3: An RBI single in the eighth inning by Colton Gotchal pushed Arroyo Grande to victory over top-seeded Loyola in Division 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

When Ellie Colton was 14, she thought she was dying.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Was this the same Colton who usually fished with Abby?

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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