Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean southeast of Los Angeles. Founded in the 1880s, it developed as a beach resort and became a major shipping center after the discovery of oil in 1921.
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- proper noun A city near
Los Angeles ,California
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southern California located on 8.5 miles of Pacific beachfront; was a resort until oil was discovered in 1921
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Examples
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Anyway, I landed Wednesday night in tha city they call Long Beach and Sidney, thankfully, had borrowed his roommate Ann’s car instead of taking his motorcycle.
kinaesthesia Diary Entry kinaesthesia 2002
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Used to be called Long Beach Poly High School High Life, but I took Poly High School out of the name so I could get on the service list for the publicists in Los Angeles and NYC.
Charles Karel Bouley: Finally a Homecoming Queen: LiveOutLoud Brings GLBT Community Members Back to Campus Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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Used to be called Long Beach Poly High School High Life, but I took Poly High School out of the name so I could get on the service list for the publicists in Los Angeles and NYC.
Charles Karel Bouley: Finally a Homecoming Queen: LiveOutLoud Brings GLBT Community Members Back to Campus Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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Used to be called Long Beach Poly High School High Life, but I took Poly High School out of the name so I could get on the service list for the publicists in Los Angeles and NYC.
Charles Karel Bouley: Finally a Homecoming Queen: LiveOutLoud Brings GLBT Community Members Back to Campus Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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By late 2006, loans originated by Washington Mutual and a subsidiary called Long Beach were underpinning mortgage securities, and some Wall Street traders were ahead in seeing the problems.
Senate Report Lays Bare Mortgage Mess Carrick Mollenkamp 2011
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Used to be called Long Beach Poly High School High Life, but I took Poly High School out of the name so I could get on the service list for the publicists in Los Angeles and NYC.
Charles Karel Bouley: Finally a Homecoming Queen: LiveOutLoud Brings GLBT Community Members Back to Campus Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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LEVINE: I live in Long Beach, which is a community about 7-8 miles or so away from the site.
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Crooked I - If you ever hear me * new 2009 * round the age of seventeen, Crooked I started an independent record company called Muscle Records with professional football players and a producer, also from Long Beach, Chucky Miller, Leonard Russell and producer LC aka Long Beach Most Wanted.
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Crooked I - If you ever hear me * new 2009 * round the age of seventeen, Crooked I started an independent record company called Muscle Records with professional football players and a producer, also from Long Beach, Chucky Miller, Leonard Russell and producer LC aka Long Beach Most Wanted.
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Law enforcement sources tell us a paparazzo called Long Beach cops moments ago and reported that his car had been vandalized outside of West Coast Choppers by Jesse James.
ShoppingBlog.com 2010
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