How to Use El Dorado in a Sentence

El Dorado

noun
  • The set earned the biggest week for a Latin album by a woman since Shakira‘s 2017 El Dorado.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The Quest for El Dorado is less complex than some of the other games on this list, as its strength is in making for a thrilling race.
    Eric Yurko, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2023
  • This is a true rarity in the rum world that has been in use for nearly 300 years, and is used to produce El Dorado Rum.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • None of these facts speak to the El Dorado that Modi is claiming to be creating.
    Debasish Roy Chowdhury, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The tropical vacation doesn't last for long as the crew is soon back on the run for a brand-new treasure—an idol of El Dorado.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The El Dorado ran aground, but the passengers triumphed, and the steamer was repaired.
    Natalie Meade, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • There was Carlson’s walk-off against El Dorado in a 1-0 opening playoff win.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • The young adult firefighters responded to their first fire May 10 in El Dorado County.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • The new season of Netflix’s teen adventure series focuses on the friend group known as the Pogues in their latest treasure hunt, this time for the gold of El Dorado.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Following their trip to El Dorado, the season 3 finale set up the new season as an 18-month time jump showed the Pogues being honored for their discoveries back home.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • According to People, season 4 will include an 18-month time jump that follows the Pogues as they are honored for their discovery of El Dorado, which took place at the end of season 3.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 July 2024
  • The Dons then outlasted El Dorado Hills in a thrilling 13-11 extra-inning victory to capture the regional crown.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • Her father was in a country band called El Dorado, which opened for musicians including Tanya Tucker.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The latest effort to break away from California is brewing in El Dorado County.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • On the contrary, El Dorado Maroma is packed with amenities, including 11 restaurants and bars, multiple pools, a spa, and a fitness center.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
  • By the end of September, the El Dorado plant had processed nearly 15.5 million gallons of brine pumped from the Smackover formation and then reinjected it once the lithium had been extracted.
    Aaron Gettinger, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The blaze grew into the El Dorado Fire, which forced hundreds of residents to evacuate, destroyed five homes and 15 buildings, injured 13 people and killed a firefighter, the outlet reported.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Some estimates pin down the metaverse as a trillion dollar El Dorado, opening up the doors to unchartered economic territories.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • Families earlier this year filed suits in El Dorado Superior Court alleging, among other contentions, that the county knew the walkway was unsafe and could have corrected it.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • Many large American tech companies have long looked to India as their next El Dorado, enchanted by the country’s massive population and steady modernization.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Fire crews were battling several blazes near El Dorado, Kansas, and some residents were asked to evacuate, including about 250 elementary school children who were relocated to a high school.
    Andrew Demillo, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Fire crews battled several blazes near El Dorado, Kansas, and some residents were asked to evacuate, including about 250 elementary school children who were relocated to a high school.
    Andrew Demillo, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The El Dorado Promise is another enticement for families: The college scholarship program gives every local high school graduate free tuition at an accredited two- or four-year educational institution.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 24 June 2024

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