Bakersfield

[bey-kerz-feeld]

noun

1. a city in S California.

Example Sentences

Joban Singh, 27, based in Bakersfield, spent $80,000 to buy a truck because even though truck driving is a tough life, it provides a steady income to support his family.

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Sinclair disclosed its interest in Scripps, which owns stations in Fresno, Bakersfield, Buffalo, N.Y., and Billings, Mont., in a Securities & Exchange Commission filing Monday.

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Most of the green bins’ contents are taken to a facility in Bakersfield, where the resulting compost can be used by farmers, said Heather Johnson, a sanitation spokesperson.

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Its audience was expanding, and artistically, moving from what Anderson called its “dusty, Bakersfield country-fried” sound into “what was essentially an acid jazz band that was playing rock ’n’ roll.”

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Next time you’re driving the Grapevine and nearing the forest of oil rigs on the outskirts of Bakersfield, look for a six-story guitar.

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