One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.
One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.
1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states
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On Tuesday, the artist attempted to set the record straight over Reddit, posting a picture of herself, captioned: "It's not me, I don't even live in texas."
From Salon ● May 25, 2022
Largemouth bass remain good with shad spawning on the texas islands.
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2020
Gary from Santa Barbara texts the hotline: Why not abandon run game when texas stacks the line, and return to run when texas loosens up?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2017
In the current texas case, hospital workers sent samples to the State Health Laboratory in Austin.
From Newsweek
Outside, meantime, before old Joy had quite left the closed door, another, the second aft of it, opened and the texas tender stepped out.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
They then relocated to Texas a few months after lockdown—explaining at the time that they realized they wanted to settle down in a place where their kids could spend more time in nature.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Initially, the family leased their ranch abode—telling People magazine shortly after they moved to Texas that they had wanted to test out the area for a year before committing to buying a property there.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Tesla described progress on expansion initiatives as in line with plans, saying it began production of its "Cybercab" vehicle in Texas and that production of the Tesla Semi truck "remains on track" for 2026.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Taipei-listed Wistron is building Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell chip modules at the Texas facility, and will also make new Vera Rubin products there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“If the Texas Tornado takes the next medal, we’ll still be tied for first place.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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