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Arce

American  
[ahr-see] / ˈɑr si /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.


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Jeison Arce, chief of Limon’s municipal police, said many teenagers join gangs because there are few other economic opportunities in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

"The president chose the tones and a bird she really liked --it was a swallow," Arce recalled.

From Barron's Jan. 2, 2026

His successor, Luis Arce, was arrested last week on corruption allegations, a month after he handed over power to Paz.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

In 2020, Luis Arce - a former finance minister under Morales - took office as president.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2025

Reports of the affair were transmitted to the bishop of Zebu, Don Fray Pedro de Arce, of the Order of St. Augustine, and at that time governor of the archbishopric of Manila.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

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