Nevada
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Long known as a center of gambling.
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The nearly weeklong event takes place on a sun-blasted, nearly six-square-mile patch of a 200-mile Pleistocene-era lakebed in Nevada, and is a place of extremes, with very cold nights and hot days.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Nevada Department of Wildlife was alerted of the attack just before 10 a.m., said Kenzie Margiott, a spokesperson for the agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I’m a 72-year-old widow living in a small town in Nevada with limited access to attorneys.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The tech company has been working with Fervo for about five years, starting with a small 3-megawatt pilot project that began operating in 2023 in Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Dad had been doing some research and settled on a town in northern Nevada called Battle Mountain.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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