Abruzzi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A decade later, Sella reached new heights - both literally and artistically - on a 1909 expedition to K2 with the Duke of the Abruzzi.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
They decided to split into two teams, with Roskelley and Ridgeway trying the Northeast route, while Reichardt and Wickwire, along with Terry Bech in support, traversed across the East face to the Abruzzi Ridge.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2018
“Mike was a charger,” Sid Abruzzi, a surf-shop owner in nearby Newport, who knew Flynn as a teen-ager, said.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 18, 2017
For his nonviolent protest, the Times once reported, Mr. Pannella became known as the Gandhi from the Abruzzi.
From Washington Post • May 24, 2016
“I would like you to see Abruzzi and visit my family at Capra- cotta,” said the priest.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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