Lone Star State
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Last month Mr. Bonta flew to the Lone Star State to ask the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Musician Post Malone’s “famous” childhood home in Texas has hit the market for $549,000—over a decade after he traded the Lone Star State for California amid his stratospheric rise to stardom.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
In the Lone Star State, pastors seem to have a larger profile in social, political and religious discussions.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
Meister, whose slight Southern twang sweeps into conversation through his 20-plus-year career in the Lone Star State as the Texas Rangers’ team physician, is a leading voice in baseball’s pitching-injury epidemic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
“All y’all who want to vote for me, Taylor Rene Krystal Hawkins of the Lone Star State, raise your hands.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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