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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

“I cannot help my sister,” Angela Calles said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

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

But they’ve got nothing on Undine Barnes Calles.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2018

The fascists withdrew and Rodriguez vanished, only to appear in San Diego, California, on February 19, 1938 for a secret meeting with Plutarco Elias Calles, the former President of Mexico.

From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by Spivak, John L.

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