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Alcides

British  
/ ælˈsaɪdiːz /

noun

  1. another name for Hercules 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Neither he nor the prosecutor who launched the investigation against Gorriti, Alcides Chanchay, responded to AP interview requests.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

"The situation is sad, rights have been trampled on," Alcides Taquiri Barboza, a resident of the town of Tierra Prometida in the Ica region, told Reuters.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2022

"The margins of slaughterhouses that export has improved," said Alcides Torres, director of Scot Consultoria.

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2022

Nationals position players have been tasked with mop-up duty four times already this year, a single-season team record, with Dee Strange-Gordon and Ehire Adrianza preceding a pair of relief outings by Alcides Escobar.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

In those earlier years he was called Alcides, or descendant of Alcaeus who was Amphitryon’s father.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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