Palo Alto

American  

[pal-oh al-toh, pah-loh ahl-toh] / ˈpæl oʊ ˈæl toʊ, ˈpɑ loʊ ˈɑl toʊ /

noun

1. a city in W California, SE of San Francisco.

2. a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846.

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Palo Alto British  

noun

1. a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)

2. a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor

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Palo Alto

But we do know from large web companies like Cloudflare and Palo Alto Networks that millions of attempts have been made.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

While growing up in Palo Alto, it was not uncommon for animator Lisa Hanawalt to pretend she was a horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Luma AI, a $4-billion Palo Alto startup that makes generative AI video software, opened a facility in Culver City last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Prior, Zuckerberg had embarked on an aggressive blitz himself, directly messaging candidates and inviting them to his homes in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In fact, Stanford had used an Eastern-built boat, having left their sleek Pocock-built shell at home in Palo Alto.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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