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Calles

American  
[kah-yes] / ˈkɑ yɛs /

noun

  1. Plutarco Elías 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.


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Cassandra Calles heard a strange noise coming from her daughter’s bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

The children’s recordings, Ms. Calles said, show there “are so many different types of people on the spectrum, and they’re all different.”

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Calles is the one responsible for preparing the birria at Little Miner’s production facility in the former Union Kitchen space on Congress Street NE.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Ethical Products Inc. had to yank a Coke bottle-shaped plaything after the cola company sent a cease-and-desist letter, said spokeswoman Susan Calles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Calles did not die on the gallows without an attempt at getting let off.

From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Gosse, Philip