Betancourt

[ bet-n-koor, -kawr; Spanish be-tahng-kawrt ]

/ ˈbɛt nˌkʊər, -ˌkɔr; Spanish ˌbɛ tɑŋˈkɔrt /

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Ró·mu·lo

[rom-yuh-loh; Spanish raw-moo-law], /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/, 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.

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How to use Betancourt in a sentence

Betancourt, meanwhile, is using DNA to look at the bigger ecological picture.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets.|Rachel Feltman|August 12, 2021|Popular-Science
Fecal pellet diameter tracks closely with body size, and body size decreases with climatic warming, says Betancourt.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets.|Rachel Feltman|August 12, 2021|Popular-Science
Up until this point, Betancourt explains, most of what scientists knew about past flora came from pollen deposits.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets.|Rachel Feltman|August 12, 2021|Popular-Science
Back in the 1980s, Betancourt used them to weigh in on the question of what happened to the Ancient Puebloans of the North American Southwest.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets.|Rachel Feltman|August 12, 2021|Popular-Science

Betancourt also notes that Lil Nas’ snake resembles not just the serpent in most retellings of the Bible, but Lilith, Adam’s first wife from Jewish mythology.
Historians Decode the Religious Symbolism and Queer Iconography of Lil Nas X's 'Montero' Video|Andrew R. Chow|March 30, 2021|Time
The deeper reason for this international success, says Hazareesingh, is that Betancourt is a genuine product of two cultures.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|December 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And it was this book that Betancourt dreamt of writing while imprisoned.
A French Hero's Tale of Survival|Eric Pape|September 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To her surprise, Betancourt has discovered that communicating her experiences directly to her family was impossible.
A French Hero's Tale of Survival|Eric Pape|September 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The strikingly blunt 544-page book begins with Betancourt on a mad-dash nighttime run toward escape.
A French Hero's Tale of Survival|Eric Pape|September 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Betancourt spoke powerfully about her time in captivity and how thoughts of her family carried her through.
DVF Awards Salute Four Extraordinary Women|The Daily Beast|March 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Gomez is now with President Betancourt at Cubitas, waiting for a report of your expedition.
A Voyage with Captain Dynamite|Charles Edward Rich
To that place he was reappointed by President Cisneros Betancourt.
The History of Cuba, vol. 3|Willis Fletcher Johnson