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Fontana

American  
[fon-tan-uh, fawn-tah-nah] / fɒnˈtæn ə, fɔnˈtɑ nɑ /

noun

  1. Domenico 1543–1607, Italian architect.

  2. a city in S California.


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Fontana says he found out what happened through a third-party recruiter; otherwise he wouldn’t have known why an offer didn’t come.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Fontana had fired the man—for good reason, he insists—and the ex-employee took revenge with a scathing review.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Until 1942, Fontana was where plain folks worked hard land, with pig farms, grapes, vegetable gardens.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Fontana has won at least one medal in every Olympic short track speed skating distance.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

Nicknamed “San Berdoo,” it was full of citrus groves, but sat next door to the smokestacks and steel mills of Fontana.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

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