California gull

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noun

a large gull, Larus californicus, of the western U.S.

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But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.
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Newsom will likely be out if Harris runs since the two are considered allies, California political insiders said.
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Those threats prompted Lozoya to move her family to California for a time until things cooled down, she said in an interview.
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Excited, Shaheen wasted no time and began interviewing surgeons, deciding upon Dr. Curtis Crane in Greenbrae, California.
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After 50 years, members of the Huna Tlingit people can finally collect harvest sea gull eggs again in Glacier National Park.
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I really ought to visit my California estates, and I have always wanted to see that part of America.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I have always rather wanted to visit California, and started for it once upon a time—on my wedding journey.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
It was one of those brilliant clear crisp days with which that high plateau can put even California to the blush.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
(p. 340) In summer the roads are very dusty in California, and this dust is a disadvantage to the tobacco planter.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He'll push you all right, and as soon as you have swallowed the California codes you can practise in the courts by courtesy.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton