Boca Raton

[ boh-kuhruh-tohn ]

/ ˈboʊ kə rəˈtoʊn /

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noun

a city in SE Florida.

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How to use Boca Raton in a sentence

Boros repeatedly made the four-hour drive from Key West to the father’s home in Boca Raton, administering intravenously whatever fluids he thought best.
Seven From Anti-Vax Doctors’ COVID Conference Fall Sick Within Days|Michael Daly|November 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
Responding to concerns about an odor coming from an oil storage tank at Saint Andrew’s School, a private school in Boca Raton, state health officials collected indoor air samples to test for contaminants linked to oil.
“A Complete Failure of the State”: Authorities Didn’t Heed Researchers’ Calls to Study Health Effects of Burning Sugar Cane|by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post|August 19, 2021|ProPublica
Scott propelled his career again in June 2017 by appointing Patronis — who has called Scott his mentor — to complete the term of Jeff Atwater, who resigned as CFO to take a similar job for Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
Future of Program for Brain-Damaged Children Now Rests With Powerful Florida Official|by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald|July 23, 2021|ProPublica
Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

There are some streets in West Jerusalem (where the Jews live) that look literally like Beverly Hills or Boca Raton.
Mass Murder in the Holy City|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in Buenos Aires, everyone knows what separates a Boca Juniors fan from a River Plate fan—there's a stark difference in class.
The Literature of Futbol: 11 Great Books About Soccer|Robert Birnbaum|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to gossip, my fellow comics could put a couple of Boca yentas to shame.
My Rocky Time As A Woman Writer on ‘SNL’|Carol Leifer|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Monday, President Obama and Mitt Romney will face off for the third and final time at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
Why Most Colleges Don’t Want to Host a Presidential Debate|Miranda Green|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
From Lamy (170 miles) there is a gradual rise to Raton, which we reached at 6.30 in the evening.
Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. II (of 2)|W. H. Russell
Finding no passage to the westward, the ships proceeded in an opposite direction for the Boca del Dragon.
Notable Voyagers|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith
The line-of-battle ships anchored in the magnificent land-locked harbour of Chaguaramas, just inside the Boca de Monos.
At Last|Charles Kingsley
One afternoon we made an attempt on the other Guacharo cave, which lies in the cliff on the landward side of the Monos Boca.
At Last|Charles Kingsley
Dresser (1866:45) found this species to be "common at the Boca Grande during the summer."
Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, Mxico|Robert K Selander