Las Vegas
Americannoun
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a city in SE Nevada.
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a city in central New Mexico.
noun
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A famous gambling and entertainment center.
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But after struggling on the road before losing consecutive games at home against Las Vegas and Dallas amid a three-game losing streak, the Sparks needed something to go right.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
On March 6, 1971, a few thousand people marched down the Las Vegas Strip, clogging the glitzy artery through which the city’s money flowed, to protest cuts to public assistance for the poor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In subsequent decades, Duncan became a power broker among Democrats in Las Vegas, getting out the vote for local leaders and congresspeople.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Ben Hutton and Kaedan Korczak are possible options to take McNabb’s spot if he can’t play in Saturday’s Game 3 in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Nevertheless, they had sent him an e-mail telling him, after he landed in Las Vegas, to meet them not at the conference but at this indoor shooting range, a few miles from the strip.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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