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canasta

[kuh-nas-tuh] / kəˈnæs tə /


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“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

Nursing a canasta defeat nearby, Jacque Deuser, 67, said the way Mr. Biden sometimes walked reminded her of her late husband, who had dementia.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2023

“Coates had those steely blue eyes, and after the canasta comeback, he threw the cards out the window. He was kind of an out-of-control guy.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2022

Q. Should the NFL replace the kickoff with a high tea at the 50-yard line, where the players will play a vigorous game of canasta to determine the placement of the ball?

From Washington Post May 27, 2018

That afternoon, I overhear Mami talking to the canasta group on the patio.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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