Pessoa
Britishnoun
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“We should be truthful to the places where we settle, and the architecture needs to respect that,” Pessoa said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Is Fernando Pessoa the most fascinating writer ever?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
“Executive support is crucial, … but this reform succeeded because there is consensus that the current system has reached its limit, is increasingly unviable and is slowing down business in Brazil,” Pessoa said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
It was produced with contributions from reporter Gabriela Sá Pessoa, photographers Raphael Alves and Rafael Vilela, and others on The Post’s reporting, photo, video, graphics, design and data desks.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023
They and the Chevalier Manoel Rodriguez Gameiro Pessoa, the Brazilian Envoy in London, who altogether sympathised with them, chose to regard this occurrence as an act of desertion.
From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I by H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox) Bourne
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