Clarissa
Americannoun
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“The economic priorities dominate,” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, vice president of the group’s Latino Vote Initiative.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Clarissa Stayrook drove in the game’s only run in the third inning with a single.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Joyce’s Leopold Bloom and Woolf’s Peter Walsh “are wanderers like Odysseus. Molly Bloom and Clarissa Dalloway are the women to whom Bloom and Peter return, as Odysseus returns to Penelope.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Clarissa Shields became the first undisputed female heavyweight champion in February.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
“Wow,” Clarissa said, gazing at the paper, then glancing back at me.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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