Colombian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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In July, Colombian immigrant Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Biddeford, Maine, during a routine traffic stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Those extradited on Sunday included a group of 17 Colombian ex-soldiers and a senior member of the then-Haitian Government, Joseph Badio, who worked in an anti-corruption unit at the country's justice ministry.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
On Tuesday, Rubio met with de la Espriella at a military compound that the Colombian president has turned into a presidential headquarters in the Caribbean coastal city of Barranquilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Rubio is to meet the new Colombian president in his stronghold of Barranquilla, a Caribbean port city more famous for being pop star Shakira's hometown than diplomacy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even on Earth, the skin of a Colombian golden poison frog had a waaaaay lower LD50—the Lethal Dose needed to kill 50% of a test population.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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