Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A low sandy barrier island off the southern coast of Texas. It is known as a graveyard for three Spanish treasure ships wrecked during a storm in 1554. Part of the island is a wildlife preserve.
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Examples
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That was good news for beachgoers on Padre Island, fishermen at Port Mansfield's annual fishing tournament and cotton growers who were mid-harvest as Don approached.
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In a way, this tropical storm is a pre-test for an actual hurricane, said Luis Canales of McAllen as he roped a grill and patio furniture to his brother's camper trailer at Isla Blanca Park at the southern tip of Padre Island.
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I've climbed Emory Peak in the Chisos; taken a boat to Padre Island before the causeway was built my mother's family used to sail over and camp there when she was a kid, waded in the rock-bottom rivers of the Hill Country, spent many an hour in the car on the long, flat, lonely stretches of Texas highway between somewhere and anywhere.
From Twitter 04-02-2010 e_moon60 2010
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Padre Island, Texas, residents boarded up windows on Wednesday.
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Gulfcoast rat ( '' Dipodomys compactus ''), Padre Island, Texas, USA.
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If you're headed to Padre Island, showers and 65 degrees can be expected.
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We went down to Padre Island with the pup, which was our first time down there.
Archive 2008-06-01 ~ bianca ~* 2008
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We went down to Padre Island with the pup, which was our first time down there.
I Wonder ~ bianca ~* 2008
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As he was moving to Padre Island, TX, I asked for a sheet cake with a map of Texas decorated with oil wells, cattle, the Alamo, sailfish in the Gulf, etc.
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Ever since my mom got beat by George Bush Jr. we've congregated for Thanksgiving down at Padre Island, near Harlingen, Texas.
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