Santa

Example Sentences

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After a record-breaking warm spell last month that made late winter feel like midsummer, the heat continued into April, with Santa Ana winds fueling local wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

PHOENIX—Cori Close was a rookie assistant women’s basketball coach at UCLA, barely past her playing career at UC Santa Barbara, when she met the most famous coach in college basketball history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Even after she became head coach at UC Santa Barbara in 1995, Close would make the long drive to see Wooden as much as she could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The children at Madrone Elementary School in Santa Rosa heard the news and were asked by their teacher to write notes of sympathy to the pupils of Pantglas Junior School.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Just a block to the west, waves crashed on the wide, sandy beach beside the Santa Monica pier.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin