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Valdez

[ val-deez ]

noun

  1. an ice-free port in S Alaska, at N end of the Gulf of Alaska: S terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.


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Valdez thought the observations were interesting, but he’d seen insects walk upright under water before.

Gould and Valdez think the beetle might use this water-walking superpower to stay far away from ambush predators that lurk along the bottom of these pools.

I once heli-skied outside of Valdez, and the visibility looked pretty good to me—it wasn’t blue, but I could see the nearby summits.

A few years earlier, I toured outside of Valdez, Alaska, with Paul Turecki, a guide and Doug Coomb’s avalanche forecaster.

“There are a lot of injustices because of this president,” Valdez said.

“I talk to a lot of people and the kids and I said, hey, we are going out to represent,” Valdez said.

“The gangs exploded, the membership exploded, and everything exploded,” Valdez says.

For a more scenic journey, travel by ferry from Whittier or Valdez.

In lieu of legally smoke-friendly bars or coffee shops, Valdez and others are creating smoking clubs.

Valdez sensed that L.A., a city with no shortage of life-altering indigenous tacos, was ready for the concept.

But any really grave case is tried at Valdez, because that's the nearest Federal court from here.

Shortly before they arrived at Valdez, the lieutenant of the cutter called the boy aside.

On the gate below were written two names, Arroyo—Antonio Valdez.

The black chantey-man answered and joined Jones, and the mate mustered representatives of four continents as he drawled, “Valdez!”

Hundreds of strange men drifted in and out of the seaport city of Valdez every day.

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