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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island off southern California in the northern Channel Islands.
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Examples
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So it is going to be in trouble if climate change makes Santa Cruz Island unsuitable.
Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011
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The only place you'll see one is on Santa Cruz Island, just off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011
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Even got to visit Anacapa and Santa Cruz an island four times bigger than Manhattan and, blissfully, uninhabited and cruise the gullies with the biologists responsible for monitoring the then-endangered population of dwarf Santa Cruz Island foxes.
T.C. Boyle: Taking Flight T.C. Boyle 2011
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So it is going to be in trouble if climate change makes Santa Cruz Island unsuitable.
Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011
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Then in the 1970s, we see a makeshift family struggling to raise sheep on nearby Santa Cruz Island.
T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'When the Killing's Done,' an environmental novel 2011
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Even got to visit Anacapa and Santa Cruz an island four times bigger than Manhattan and, blissfully, uninhabited and cruise the gullies with the biologists responsible for monitoring the then-endangered population of dwarf Santa Cruz Island foxes.
T.C. Boyle: Taking Flight T.C. Boyle 2011
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So imagine my surprise when I found a Facebook group "Quiero que en Galápagos se respete la ley" (I want respect for the law in Galápagos) and an invitation to an event May 12th in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island: "Marcha Pacifica -- Juntos por un Galapagos mas Justo" (Peaceful March -- Let's unite for fairness in Galapagos).
Cecilia Alvear: Galápagos: A Living Laboratory for the Evolution of Social Media Activism? Cecilia Alvear 2011
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So imagine my surprise when I found a Facebook group "Quiero que en Galápagos se respete la ley" (I want respect for the law in Galápagos) and an invitation to an event May 12th in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island: "Marcha Pacifica -- Juntos por un Galapagos mas Justo" (Peaceful March -- Let's unite for fairness in Galapagos).
Cecilia Alvear: Galápagos: A Living Laboratory for the Evolution of Social Media Activism? Cecilia Alvear 2011
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Then in the 1970s, we see a makeshift family struggling to raise sheep on nearby Santa Cruz Island.
T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'When the Killing's Done,' an environmental novel 2011
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The only place you'll see one is on Santa Cruz Island, just off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011
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