San Rafael

[ san ruh-fel; for 1 also Spanish sahn rah-fah-el ]

/ ˌsæn rəˈfɛl; for 1 also Spanish sɑn ˌrɑ fɑˈɛl /

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noun

a city in W Argentina.

a city in W California, N of San Francisco.

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In San Rafael, California, for example, the working-class neighborhood of Canal has one of the highest case rates for the novel coronavirus in Marin County, as well as some of the spottiest wireless access.
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San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
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And now Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are all suing Uber for refusing to play by their old regulatory playbooks.
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Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38.
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Liu and Rafael were there to protect against the common criminality Otero mentioned.
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Race is the San Andreas Fault of our culture as well as our history.
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San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
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Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.
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The five hundred men whom we had left in San Antonio de Bexar, fared no better.
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The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
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On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
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