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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El Guindy was on Instagram last week promoting the 62nd annual Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend competition, which is scheduled for this weekend in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
More than 40 million people depend on it, including residents of Las Vegas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nathaniel Moore went to Las Vegas to see why some lost boys are still pinning their hopes on Bitcoin.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Surprising everyone right now are the Las Vegas Raiders, who sit on 2-0 after winning 26-14 at the hapless Chargers.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The local papers would have a field day reporting that while I was running a principals’ conference in Las Vegas, my trusted eighth grade president was emptying my treasury.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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