Oaks

/ əʊks /

noun

1. the Oaks
   a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
2. any of various similar races

Word History and Origins

Origin of Oaks¹

named after an estate near Epsom

Example Sentences

Campbell Hall 75, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 70: Freshman Hamiley Arenas, the sister of Chatsworth’s Alijah Arenas, had 27 points and 13 rebounds for Notre Dame in her high school debut.

From Los Angeles Times

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 84, San Gabriel Academy 44: Rutgers commit Lino Mark led the way with 26 points for the Knights.

From Los Angeles Times

In early April 2020, the beginning of the pandemic, McCoy, a former mayor of Thousand Oaks, resigned from the City Council, saying he planned to violate public health orders that banned in-person church services because they were deemed nonessential and dangerous.

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Among the long field goals this season: 52 yards by Nate Lewis of Villa Park; 51 yards by Jacob Kreinbring of Loyola; 50 yards by Noah LaBerge of Oaks Christian; 49 yards by Carter Sobel of Chaminade; and 47 yards by Jonathan Arreola of Mayfair.

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A small plane crash-landed in Sherman Oaks on Thursday morning, landing upside-down in a field, authorities said.

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