Example Sentences

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As a born and raised Bay Stater, Chinese food on the weekends has always been a ritual.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

The Adams-Jefferson tournament to succeed Washington in 1796, which the Bay Stater won, and 1800, which the Virginian won, was scurrilous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2016

It was the Bay Stater John Kerry who picked the still relatively unknown state senator from Illinois to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2010

House Speaker Joe Martin, a fellow Bay Stater, set up the committee largely because Herter convinced him that Congress could not trust the Truman Administration's figures on European needs, should get its own statistics.

From Time Magazine Archive

An aggrieved Bay Stater can complain to McGrath, who can investigate and, if necessary, take a company to court.

From Time Magazine Archive