Francisco
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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LoSavio, 80 years old, lives in a tony suburb on the San Francisco Peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
In early 2023, he held a three-day meeting at Salesforce Tower in downtown San Francisco with roughly 40 executives and created an internal chat group called “AI at Salesforce.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Her team described "a very concerning high rate of death in San Francisco Bay" that continued to grow in 2025, with whales in the bay highly susceptible to vessel strikes.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
More substantial rain is expected in the San Francisco Bay Area.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
In a strange way, the Dark Lands reminded her of San Francisco, where her dad lived—on those summer afternoons when the fog bank rolled in like cold, wet packing material and swallowed Pacific Heights.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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