Shasta

[ shas-tuh ]

noun

1. Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4,315 meters).
2. Also called Shasta Lake. Lake, a recreational lake in N central California, formed by a 1945 dam on the Sacramento, Pit, and other rivers. 46 sq. mi. (119 sq. km).

Example Sentences

Shasta, which he says has “a really special energy.”

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In Shasta and Nevada counties, flecks of ink marring the bar codes printed on some ballots prevented voting machines made by Hart InterCivic from correctly reading those ballots.

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He toured the U.S.-Mexico border last December, traveled to Israel this summer and toured a dam and a wildfire burn area in Shasta County in the fall.

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Shasta County, which has been roiled by a far-right-insurgency, will vote in a crucial supervisor’s race even as problems emerge with its new voting machines.

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As a devoted Republican who runs a cattle ranch and proudly talks about owning a gun, Shasta County Supervisor Mary Rickert is an unlikely progressive icon.

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