Pereira
Americannoun
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Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
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a city in W Colombia.
noun
Example Sentences
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Electricity was all but gone in the hardest-hit city of Pereira, with a population of over half a million.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Almost all of Pereira was left without electricity, and the cell network is patchy at best.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Giving an update on Tuesday from Pereira, one of the worst hit cities, President Espriella said as well as those killed, almost 2,600 had been injured, and almost 200 people remain missing.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Images broadcast by Colombian journalists showed buildings crumbling and people running in cities such as Manizales and Pereira, both located in the country’s coffee-growing region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This seemed very unlikely, for the news would not have reached them by telegraph now that Pereira had been removed and the staff at the junction had decamped.
From Swift and Sure by Herbert Strang
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