Tampa
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Port of entry with a harbor on Tampa Bay.
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Ms. Schrag is a writer and editor based in Tampa, Fla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Later on, in a highly unusual move, she’s accompanied by leading lights of the blues recording genre—Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red, Blind Blake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Miami was one of five new cities Tesla announced as targets earlier this year, along with Orlando, Tampa, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Rortvedt was a trade deadline acquisition last summer, picked up with pitcher Paul Gervase from the Tampa Bay Rays for catcher Hunter Feduccia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
If her community- college classes were finished early, she would pick me up before her mother got home from the nail salon in Tampa.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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