Santa Barbara

American  

[san-tuh bahr-ber-uh, -bruh] / ˈsæn tə ˈbɑr bər ə, -brə /

noun

1. a city on the SW coast of California: Spanish mission.

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Example Sentences

Just last month, a superior court judge in Santa Barbara County said prior intervention by the federal government wasn’t enough to undo an earlier order that kept the pipeline shut down.

From Barron's

They also follow years of effort from Houston-based Sable Offshore Corp. to revive dormant oil infrastructure along the Santa Barbara County coast.

From Los Angeles Times

In February 1942, a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast of Santa Barbara and shelled an oil refinery.

From The Wall Street Journal

But while analyzing one particular stellar explosion, Joseph Farah, a fifth year graduate student at UC Santa Barbara, noticed something entirely unexpected.

From Science Daily

Sable has been stuck in limbo as some California officials have objected to its using a pipeline to transport oil from offshore platforms located near Santa Barbara.

From Barron's