canasta
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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
It was top of mind for several people who milled around a community center recently as a canasta game ended in Plantation, Fla.
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
One canasta afternoon, Mrs. Mancini brings Oscar along.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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