Alagoas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The vehicle had been carrying about 60 people who were returning from a pilgrimage when it crashed on a curved stretch of a highway in the rural interior of Alagoas state on Tuesday morning.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
It said that Friday’s settlement “represents yet another important advance” in the issue of Alagoas.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
He continued in politics and later served 26 years as a conservative senator for the northeastern state of Alagoas, where his well-to-do family was from.
From Reuters • May 31, 2023
Since the end of his participation in the program, Diaz has been living in a small town in the northeastern state of Alagoas, where jobs are few and far between.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2020
In Penedo, the capital of the State of Alagoas, a new wharf was being built and the money granted by the Government was not sufficient to complete the work.
From Brazilian Sketches by Ray, T. B. (T. Bronson)
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