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Escondido

American  
[es-kuhn-dee-doh] / ˌɛs kənˈdi doʊ /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


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The animal was first reported in the 700 block of North Grape Street, according to police in the San Diego County city of Escondido.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Days before school was out for summer in 1985, Escondido High School math teacher Bart Schwartz, then 28, used a spare two hours during finals week to squeeze in a film screening with his class.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Escondido public schoolteachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West, who described themselves as “devout Catholics,” sued in 2023, and they were later joined by parents in Pasadena and Clovis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

“Talk about dying for the dream,” writes William Mariano of Escondido.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

There is a place in the back country near Escondido, where at the time of the harvest moon an Indian play with music is given every year.

From The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches by Winslow, Carleton M.

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