native
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Capybaras aren’t native to Mexico; they are South American, occupying savannas and vegetated areas.
Born in 1952, the Brooklyn native learned to love reading as a child when he was introduced to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
From Los Angeles Times
A native Vermonter, she lives in New York with her husband and dog.
“Dunking is an art and it’s kind of hard to come up with new stuff,” said Johnson, an Oakland native who leaped over Bay Area rapper E-40 on his first dunk.
From Los Angeles Times
The director said that in his native Brazil, "cinema would not exist if it were not for public funding".
From Barron's
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