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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

That sentiment was echoed by many of Weil's supporters on Monday night in Ocala, even if the candidate himself told the BBC he would win by eight points.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

To look at me you wouldn’t think it, but Ah got uh brother pastorin’ up round Ocala dat got good learnin’.

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

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