Nevada
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Long known as a center of gambling.
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For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
In that same plan, about 75% of major new load growth is attributed to data centers, nearly all concentrated in Northern Nevada, on the same transmission system that feeds the Lake Tahoe region.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The new entity would be based in Nevada and would shift its stock listing from Amsterdam to the New York Stock Exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Lily Wright is a graduate of the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she studied journalism and foreign affairs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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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