Example Sentences

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No matter how refined and experimental the execution of the dish, fried potatoes are always a winner, as are bombas, the traditional Barcelona dish of mashed potato balls stuffed with beef.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2016

Por ejemplo, a principios de julio la planta experimentó una falla mecánica mayor en una de sus bombas.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2014

In addition to bombas, Macapagal and Marcos spent $8,000,000, a princely sum in Filipino politics, to swamp the country with a deluge of political pamphlets, placards, and tear-jerking biographical movies.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first sight of this wall we thought we had really at last found a casa cerrada, and almost wished for the cura with his bombas.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.