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Sausalito

American  
[saw-suh-lee-toh] / ˌsɔ səˈli toʊ /

noun

  1. a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.


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Sausalito has since transformed from hippie backwater to high-end suburb, but the club maintains an air of salty informality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Motsinger, now 84, used to work as a waitress at a restaurant called the Trident in Sausalito, near San Francisco, that was a haunt for celebrities, including Cosby.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Lucille, who recovered from her seizures, was transported to the center’s Sausalito hospital via air-conditioned truck the following day.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

Adam Ratner, a sea lion expert at the Marine Mammal Center across the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, described the surge as “truly remarkable.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

I saw her across the bay, from the great road that bypasses Sausalito and enters the Golden Gate Bridge.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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