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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Florida across from Miami on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It was long famous for its gold coast strip of fashionable hotels, palatial estates, and recreational facilities.
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- noun a city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; known for fashionable resort hotels
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In Miami Beach, rent a bike at Bike and Roll on 10th St. and Collins Avenue, where you can also get a helmet, or bring your helmet and pick up a bike in anyone of Decobike's dozens of stands scattered throughout Miami Beach, from the southern tip of the island to 87th Street.
Elizabeth Benedict: Miami-Bound: My List of What's Cool, Hot, Sexy, Arty, Fun, and/or Delicious Elizabeth Benedict 2012
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And in Miami Beach, that is, a show of support for one city commission candidate who was criticized for breast-feeding her daughter during a public meeting.
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Now, his operating room was in Miami Beach, which is certainly a city where people want to look good, and they go to great lengths to do so.
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The crowd swarmed onto an open field, known as Miami Beach, where
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The crowd swarmed onto an open field, known as Miami Beach, where the 69 Blacks were massacred by police during anti-apartheid demonstrations on March 21, 1960.
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The crowd swarmed onto an open field, known as Miami Beach, where
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The crowd swarmed onto an open field, known as Miami Beach, where the 69 Blacks were massacred by police during anti-apartheid demonstrations on March 21, 1960.
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But outside the center, which was designed by Frank Gehry, in a new adjacent 2.5-acre park called Miami Beach SoundScape, a much larger audience watched the concert as the video was relayed live on the 7,000-square-foot white wall next to the center's inviting glass entryway.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011
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But outside the center, which was designed by Frank Gehry, in a new adjacent 2.5-acre park called Miami Beach SoundScape, a much larger audience watched the concert as the video was relayed live on the 7,000-square-foot white wall next to the center's inviting glass entryway.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011
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Anyone familiar with the work of Yabu Pushelberg, the Toronto-based duo known for quiet, minimalist spaces, might be surprised to hear they designed the new St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, in Miami Beach, which is notable for the liberal use of mirrors and crystal.
NYT > Home Page By RIMA SUQI 2012
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