Fort Lauderdale
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When I said I had moved up from Fort Lauderdale, my host sneered: “Florida is a swamp.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
At 39, when he should be chilling a pickleball court outside Fort Lauderdale, he’s amid one of the most age-defiant performances in sports history, leading his team to the brink of his second consecutive title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
US helicopters have been ferrying in aid and US Marines have used a landing craft to deliver supplies from the USS Fort Lauderdale, an amphibious transport dock ship docked at La Guaira.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Last weekend, Scotland fans began to make the journey south to the state of Florida, to set up base in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Among the twenty Negro Peace Corpsmen I talked with, a very impressive fellow to me was Larry Jackson, a Morgan State College graduate from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who had joined the Peace Corps in 1962.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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