canasta
Example Sentences
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Now 102, Rita dines with her friends and plays canasta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“She doesn’t know us,” said Digna Orozco, who sells pambazos and tacos de canasta on a dirt patch near semi-trailer truck lots in Fontana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
You’re not a canasta club; you’re a Zen center, one that’s presumably devoted to contemplative care and support for participants.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Once, Messersmith and his roommate, catcher John Olerud, rallied to beat teammates Jim Coates and Marty Pattin in a tense game of canasta.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
Sometimes, when Mundín and Sam are out working on the car and Mami and her friends are playing canasta on the patio, it seems as if things might be going back to normal.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
