1660–70; < Spanish, plural of corte court
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Maria Cortes of the Hotel Erwin in Venice Beach, meanwhile, said council members should “recognize the financial realities” family-owned hotels face.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Susan Cortes, 24, said that while she has never heard of private investments, she is open to learning about them someday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Others credit Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who got a taste of chocolate after being served Xocolatl by Montezuma himself.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Gibson hit his homer off future Hall of Fame reliever Dennis Eckersley and the heavily favored Oakland Athletics while Freeman hit his homer off demoted starter Nestor Cortes and the underdog New York Yankees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
Pizarro explicitly modeled his ambush of Atahuallpa on the successful strategy of Cortes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The year 2021 marked the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlán, the site of modern-day Mexico City and the capital of the Aztec empire, at the hands of Hernán Cortés and his small army.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
“From its tech to its literal abundance of power, this electric pickup truck is fast, capable off-road, and the best-looking in its class,” wrote Gabriel Vega Cortés, editor of vehicle testing.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
"Our study is the first to examine these possible ecological interactions," said Dirley Cortés, lead author and doctoral student in the Department of Biology.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025
The author, a professor of Latin American history at Northwestern University, begins his saga in April 1519, when Hernán Cortés landed on Mexico’s eastern coast, near present-day Veracruz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
His name was Mario Cortés, and he had big green eyes.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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