canasta
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Last year Siegel taught the oldest boys at camp canasta, another game popular among retirees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Four patrol cars are stationed near the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and South Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights — near the site where a street vendor plies tacos de canasta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
“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
In an independent living center, she has found friends with whom to share meals, movies and canasta games.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2016
Mami and Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. Mancini—in fact, the whole canasta group—are not about to let their kids grow up dumb brutos just because of a dictatorship.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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