National City
Americannoun
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When Mitchell started his career at the bank’s stock-and-bond subsidiary, National City was already the largest bank in the country.
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
The placement of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, along with its more than 5,000 crew members, was corrected so that it’s in National City, rather than in neighboring San Diego.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 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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