Canaan
Example Sentences
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His father, Maada, was a linebacker at Stephen F. Austin; his older brother, Canaan, is an outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
From Seattle Times
According to Harvard University’s Gutman Library, the government of Quincy, Massachusetts in 1637 banned Thomas Morton’s “The New English Canaan” for apostasy in criticizing Puritan customs and exercise of power.
From Washington Times
Webcams at Canaan Valley Resort in West Virginia and Liberty Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania confirm that snow lining the slopes is almost entirely machine-made, with barren conditions otherwise.
From Washington Post
In fact, there are many new questions to ask: There were no elephants in Canaan, so where was the ivory comb inscribed?
From New York Times
“Western education and religion tries to teach the world that blacks are cursed with their skin color by the Curse of Ham/Canaan,” the film says, per Rolling Stone.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
