Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western California on an inlet of San Francisco Bay north-northeast of Oakland. It was the state capital from 1853 to 1854.
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Examples
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Peter Boyelen, a new patrolman and one unknown to the fisher-folk, happened to arrive in Benicia and we took him into our plan.
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Matthew Berry, an ESPN fantasy sports expert, will become a justice of the peace for a day to marry James Hammer and Rachel Luna in Benicia, Calif. on June 6.
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When he was shot in Benicia, a couple of years later, the coroner said he was the greatest-shouldered man he had ever seen laid on a slab.
Chapter 9 2010
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I love your jeans, I purchased them at Christina S womens boutique in Benicia California and would recommend them to all women they do as they say.
Lisa Rudes-Sandel Shapes Things Up With Tummy Tuck Jeans 2007
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When he was shot in Benicia, a couple of years later, the coroner said he was the greatest-shouldered man he had ever seen laid on a slab.
Chapter IX 1913
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Peter Boyelen, a new patrolman and one unknown to the fisher-folk, happened to arrive in Benicia and we took him into our plan.
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Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts is asked to call Benicia police at (707)
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"Benicia;" and Benicia it has remained to this day.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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These officers, after a most careful study of the whole subject, selected Mare Island for the navy-yard, and "Benicia" for the storehouses and arsenals of the army.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Government had placed the U.S. ironclad "Benicia" at the disposal of
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