Rancho Palos Verdes

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a town in SW California.

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Woods’s car was traveling 75 mph when it hit a tree, pirouetted and rolled into a ditch in Rolling Hills Estates, a neighborhood in the posh suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Tiger Woods was driving at unsafe speed when he was injured in crash, sheriff’s office says|Adam Kilgore|April 7, 2021|Washington Post
I had to drive from Los Angeles to Rancho Mirage that afternoon—a four-hour roundtrip.
Why Grown-Ups Should Give One Direction a Chance|Andrew Romano|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As detectives began closing in on Viens, he attempted to commit suicide by diving feet first off a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff.
David Viens Murder Trial: Chef Says He Slow-Cooked His Wife’s Body|Christine Pelisek|September 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
She was born in Palo Alto, California, and moved to Palos Verdes when she was nine.
Tragedy of the Picture Brides|Jane Ciabattari|September 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST

After her recovery, Ford started the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California.
Betty Ford Dies at 93||July 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They danced at the Rancho Deluxe wrap party, but nothing came of it.
A True Hollywood Love Story|Rebecca Dana|March 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Marched early and at nine o'clock arrived at a Rancho on fine running water; course east and west.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)|Elliott Coues
Among the listeners were the brothers Pinzon (peen-thn), experienced seamen from the neighboring port of Palos (pahls).
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
Stranger, you freeze to this: there ain't no kinder gin-palace, Nor no variety-show lays over a man's own rancho.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
You are welcome, gentlemen, to the rancho of the Blessed Fisherman.
Two Men of Sandy Bar|Bret Harte
Well, if he has to lay up for a week or two, the rancho won't suffer.
Two Men of Sandy Bar|Bret Harte