Maricopa
a member of a North American Indian people of south-central Arizona.
the Yuman language of the Maricopa.
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How to use Maricopa in a sentence
Fann’s district consists mostly of Yavapai County, which nearly rivals Maricopa in land area but contains roughly a twentieth of the population.
Later, Republicans argued that Maricopa’s process for matching signatures on ballots sent by mail to those of registered voters kept on file had been weak.
In the 2018 election, only about 300 ballots in Maricopa were ultimately rejected for signature mismatch, while about 1,800 had no signature.
As Arizona count ticks on, Democratic volunteers race to make sure ballots are not rejected | Hannah Knowles | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostHundreds of Democratic volunteers have been texting, calling and door-knocking since Election Day in Maricopa, where most of the state’s population lives, Slugocki said.
As Arizona count ticks on, Democratic volunteers race to make sure ballots are not rejected | Hannah Knowles | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostArizona has fewer than 450,000 ballots left to process, which include about 275,000 early ballots from Maricopa.
Who won Arizona? Why the call still differs by media organization. | Elahe Izadi | November 5, 2020 | Washington Post
But to many Latino kids in Maricopa County, Arpaio and his allies are the bad guys.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Send Armed Posses to Protect Schools | Terry Greene Sterling | January 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe predicted the downfall of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other hardliners in the 2012 election.
Obama Piles On Arizona After Supreme Court Immigration Ruling | Terry Greene Sterling | June 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAtencio is at least the 12th inmate to die under strange circumstances in the Maricopa County jail system.
Jail Death of Veteran Haunts Joe Arpaio, 'America's Toughest Sheriff' | Terry Greene Sterling | June 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis week a Maricopa County Superior Court jury in Phoenix came out with a confounding verdict.
Lawrence Egbert: Suicide Doctor's Lucky Break | Terry Greene Sterling | April 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTPearce credits himself for conceiving of Tent City, an alfresco jail complex that is one of several Maricopa County jails.
After marching all night and all of the next day, we approached the Maricopa Wells at about twelve o'clock on the second night.
Frontier service during the rebellion | George H. PettisThe Maricopa was leaning over to him, muttering some words in an unknown tongue, and gesticulating with energy.
The Scalp Hunters | Mayne ReidLet us first take it out,” replied the Maricopa, coming up; “we shall lose no time by that.
The Scalp Hunters | Mayne Reid“There cannot be much water to keep flour-sellers alive on the trail to Maricopa,” chirped the bird on the ground.
Red Men and White | Owen WisterIn Maricopa my forms ran: name', wildcat; nam·e-t or nam·et xat-ekyulyk, mountain lion; xat-ekwily(k) or xat-ekuly, wolf.
Seven Mohave Myths | A. L. Kroeber
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