canasta
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Or might she give up the game entirely and spent the rest of her sentence playing canasta with the Golden Girls?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2015
We cross over, Lorena and Chucha bearing the platters of pastelitos, Mami carrying the tray of sugared almonds to put inside the swan baskets the canasta group has prepared as party favors.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
