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Ocala

American  
[oh-kal-uh] / oʊˈkæl ə /

noun

  1. a city in central Florida.


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As a yearling, the colt didn’t meet his reserve price of $95,000, so Kahn and Hidden Brook pointed him to a 2-year-old in training sale last year at Ocala.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

The central Florida metro of Ocala had the largest percentage population gain in the U.S. last year, according to Census Bureau population estimates released last week.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Early in the Netflix true crime documentary, “The Perfect Neighbor,” an ongoing dispute between Susan Lorincz and her neighbors in an Ocala, Florida residential block is succinctly summarized by an unlikely participant: eight-year-old Afrika Owens.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

Standing in front of a few dozen supporters in a strip-mall parking lot in Ocala, Florida, Monday evening, Democratic congressional candidate Josh Weil made a prediction.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025

They put her to bed and sent for her married daughter from up around Ocala to come see about her.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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