The, El Cid CampeadorRodrigo Díaz de Bivar, c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
(italics) Le. Le Cid.
(in Britain) Criminal Investigation Department; the detective division of a police force
cruel, inhumane, and degrading: denoting the brutal and demeaning treatment of prisoners
First recorded in 1900–05
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“Traveling offseason is one of the easiest ways seniors can stretch their travel budget,” advises Melissa Cid, a consumer savings expert at MySavings.com.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
Joel Kim Booster’s ideal Sunday Funday involves breakfast burritos, Ginger Rogers Beach, Chinese food, El Cid and an afterparty at his place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
He is married to Lissette del Cid, with whom he has three daughters and three grandchildren.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
But knowing that thousands of fans will be looking to keep the party going after the Rose Bowl show, who knows if the next Chappell Roan will be striding through El Cid on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“So all that talk of Cid was nothing. You just wait for people to have accidents?”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Shani Abeysakara, the C.I.D. director who worked on the handful of human rights cases that made headway under the previous president, has found himself before the commission more than 40 times.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
The C.I.D. put Jameel on a watch list.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
Also in on the action is another Jury pal, Tom Brownell, a former C.I.D. operative.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
After ten days of such secretive investigation, the C.I.D. had enough evidence to crack down.
From Time Magazine Archive
He became more circumspect in his work as a result of the visit from the second C.I.D. man.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
So, a show like CID often featured plots that closely resembled those of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, an American crime drama.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Most Indians will instantly recognise this dialogue from the popular detective show CID, which ran from 1998 to 2018, making it one of India's longest-running television shows.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Interestingly, the target audience of CID, when it was released in the 1990s, was children in the age group of six to 14.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
"CID was one of the few crime shows on television back then and my parents didn't mind me watching it because of its family-friendly content," Ms Shah says.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
There was an inquiry, of course, and a week-long air search, and for a time the Tra Bong compound went crazy with MP and CID types.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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