adobe
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For decades, her adobe dwelling hosted waves of grandchildren and great-grandchildren as sons and daughters went back and forth, entrusting expanding broods to the matriarch.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
On Monday, Bagnard emailed to say it looked like her family would be moving forward with adobe after all.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
Today, the two-story adobe residence is a local, state and national historic landmark offering year-round exhibitions, educational programs and cultural events that explore the many identities of the West.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025
He heard the chopper coming up from the south, and within a few minutes Mel Willard had set the small bubble copter down in the alfalfa field directly behind Bud Gleason’s opulent adobe home.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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