Cruz

[krooz, krooth]

noun

1. San Juan de la John of the Cross, Saint.

2. Juana Inés de la 1651–95, Mexican nun, scholar, and poet.

Example Sentences

That agreement resolved civil rights complaints — over antisemitism and bias against Muslim, Arab and pro-Palestinian students — at the Davis, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz campuses.

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These include Vincent Mora, a seasoned union leader; Paco Rojas and Chino de la Cruz, a pair of travelers on an ambiguous mission; and Connie Chavez, an activist whose bullhorned taunts stir up the strikers.

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That’s why Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz introduced the Bracero 2.0 Act this summer, arguing that the original program — which ended in 1964 after civil rights activists complained that it exploited migrant workers — “created new opportunities for millions and provided critical support for Texas agriculture.”

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“Mr. McCabe, who works for you, has publicly and repeatedly stated that he leaked information to The Wall Street Journal and that you were directly aware of it. And, that you directly authorized it,” Cruz said, according to a transcript of the hearing.

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“It’s the rusticity of it,” adds Juan Dela Cruz, a Bungalow Heaven resident and Craftsman homeowner who is guiding me on a tour of the neighborhood along with John G. Ripley, another local Craftsman owner and co-author of the book “Pasadena’s Bungalow Heaven,” ahead of Craftsman Week.

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