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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern California east of Los Angeles on the Santa Ana River near San Bernardino. It grew as an agricultural center after the introduction of the navel orange in 1873.
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- proper noun A
place name applied to alocality , especially a city, that is situated beside a river. - proper noun A
moniker of anything that becomes associated with such a locality, such as an event, school, ororganization . - proper noun Riverside, California, a
U.S. city of over 300,000 people. - proper noun A district of
Cardiff ,Wales , located by the River Taff.
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Examples
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RIVERSIDE (CBS/KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO) -- More than two dozen neglected animals, most of them dogs, are being sheltered this weekend after being rescued from a Riverside home belonging to former Beverly Hills mayor and self-proclaimed animal rescuer Charlotte Spadaro.
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RIVERSIDE -- A search of a Riverside home revealed 37 illegal immigrants, including a half-dozen children, smuggled into the country and being held against their will, authorities reported today.
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RIVERSIDE, Ohio -- The city of Riverside announced that M.yor Johnie M. Doan passed away at M.ami Valley Hospital around 3: 30 p.m.
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RIVERSIDE, CA -- 04/01/10 -- Los Angeles Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson has been found guilty of felony animal cruelty with special circumstances (maximum penalty of up to 3 years), and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony (maximum penalty of up to 1 year), after brutally beating to death a 6 month old puppy named Karley, who belonged to Jeff and Shelley Toole of Riverside, CA.
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RIVERSIDE -- Republican senatorial nominee Carly Fiorina told a Riverside crowd today that if elected, she would work to end the cycle of "more debt, more borrowing and more spending of taxpayer money."
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Rally Against Racial Hatred October 24, 2009 RIVERSIDE, California - In Southern California's largest antifascist action in recent memory, a diverse group of between 400 and 500 protesters held a demonstration against a group of 16 neo-Nazis from the National Socialist Movement in the Casa Blanca barrio of Riverside.
LA IMC 2009
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October 24, 2009 RIVERSIDE, California - In Southern California's largest antifascist action in recent memory, a diverse group of between 400 and 500 protesters held a demonstration against a group of 16 neo-Nazis from the National Socialist Movement in the Casa Blanca barrio of Riverside.
LA IMC 2009
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RIVERSIDE (AP) - Animal control officers in Riverside have recovered a pair of Chihuahuas that had been bound with electrical tape and tossed in a canal.
unknown title 2009
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RIVERSIDE, 2: 23 p.m. March 9 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): An ex-con accused of fatally shooting a man and dumping his body outside a house will undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine his mental competency, a Riverside judge ordered Monday.
Fore, right! 2009
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RIVERSIDE, 2: 23 p.m. March 9 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): An ex-con accused of fatally shooting a man and dumping his body outside a house will undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine his mental competency, a Riverside judge ordered Monday.
Fore, right! 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word Riverside
Riverside, Iowa, is the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk.
December 9, 2010