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National City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near San Diego.


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A member of a Homeland Security task force was hospitalized with a “possible sternum fracture” after being hit by a car in November in National City, just outside of San Diego, according to DHS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Glass and Henry Steagall, his sometime rival in the House, passed their eponymous bill, which broke up National City and other banks that had stock-trading operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

“It feels like it was just a photo op,” said Marcus Bush, a council member for National City and a member of the Air Pollution Control District who signed the petition to the EPA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

Tampatha Climons, one of the tenants, used to live in a two-bedroom apartment in National City, Calif., and worked in food service.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

All I cared about now was putting miles between me and National City and getting played like how I did.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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