Juan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Ceuta's Mayor Juan Jesus Vivas told lawmakers in the European Parliament earlier this month that the migrants had turned Ceuta into a "pressure cooker".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
When I was done in Studio City, I drove across town to meet with construction worker and pastor Juan Galicia, whose house was torched in March when fire jumped from an adjacent abandoned property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Like my colleague, former Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez, I never trusted then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman when she proclaimed the air in lower Manhattan was “safe to breathe.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement, adding that it will investigate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Juan panted as they dashed down a greasy alleyway and stopped to catch their breath.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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