Kailua
Americannoun
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Prosecutors said Haas, 54, of Kailua, Hawaii, was among dozens of Navy officials who were bribed to help obtain defense contracts for a man known as “Fat Leonard” Francis.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
“I was over here at the Kailua town location over the weekend on Saturday, and it looked like Kailua from 2019.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
It was a weekday in August when my husband and I went to Kalama Beach Park in Kailua Bay and found almost no one there except for a few bodyboarders.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2020
The family lived in France for several years before moving to Hawaii, where Ms. Lindsey graduated from high school in Kailua, near Honolulu.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2019
On Saturday, April 11, we left Kaawaloa, after a very pleasant visit of two weeks, starting about nine o'clock on our twelve miles' ride to Kailua.
From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Anderson, Mary E. (Mary Evarts)
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