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  • abbreviation lacrosse

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  • initialism IATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport.

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Examples

  • It turned out that the plane had been delayed by mechanical problems to the extent that it jeopardized people's connections in LAX, so they skipped the SJC stop and gave the few of us who were actually getting off in SJC tickets on an LAX-SJC flight that left LAX almost immediately, so that we only spent about ten minutes in LAX.

    "horrorhouse" now available at DayBreak Magazine seanan_mcguire 2009

  • I had always thought of Los Angeles as a crowded metropolis, but after flying back into LAX from the sweltering crowds of India, I can tell you that LA seemed a relative suburbia.

    Flashback Meme darkerblogistan 2009

  • If you look at the second pic, thats a pic of what would happen if the nuke worked and if the plane landed safely in LAX, Sawyer still ends up with Kate, Miles ends up on the "RIGHT" side of things, Jin and Sun stay together, etc.

    LOST Cast Sits Down for The Last Supper – Collider.com 2010

  • Right now I'm sitting in LAX watching droves of people walk by, both coming and going.

    Adventures in Los Angeles: Living the Life of a Journalist « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • I am stuck here in LAX with tired, grumpy teenagers and even grumpier, downright belligerent business travelers because our flight is delayed by about an hour.

    21 « March « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • I am stuck here in LAX with tired, grumpy teenagers and even grumpier, downright belligerent business travelers because our flight is delayed by about an hour.

    aaahhhhhh! « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • In 1997 I was in LAX, walking out with my head down and I saw out of the corner of my eye a figure walking past me, dressed entirely in black, except for a pair of bright pink, flowery sneakers on his feet.

    BILLY CONNELLY PIMPS MY SPACESHIP 2007

  • When I cleared in LAX I was even diverted for the secondary agricultural inspection because I declared the dried beans, chiles, chocolate and jamaica that I was carrying back.

    Todos los Santos vs. La Paz 2004

  • When I cleared in LAX I was even diverted for the secondary agricultural inspection because I declared the dried beans, chiles, chocolate and jamaica that I was carrying back.

    Todos los Santos vs. La Paz 2004

  • When I cleared in LAX I was even diverted for the secondary agricultural inspection because I declared the dried beans, chiles, chocolate and jamaica that I was carrying back.

    Todos los Santos vs. La Paz 2004

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