Kailua
Americannoun
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Born in Kailua, Hawaii, Jones started surfing at about seven or eight years old and began competing in the 12-and-under “menehune” age group a few years later.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Prosecutors said Haas, 54, of Kailua, Hawaii, was among dozens of Navy officials who were bribed to help obtain defense contracts for a man known as “Fat Leonard” Francis.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2023
It was a weekday in August when my husband and I went to Kalama Beach Park in Kailua Bay and found almost no one there except for a few bodyboarders.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2020
The family lived in France for several years before moving to Hawaii, where Ms. Lindsey graduated from high school in Kailua, near Honolulu.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2019
We reached the house of Mr. Thurston, at Kailua, about three o'clock in the afternoon.
From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Anderson, Mary E. (Mary Evarts)
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