cruces
Americannoun
noun
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Dirigido por un impetuoso gobernador de 35 años, Samuel García, el estado ha cortejado la inversión extranjera mientras busca mejorar las carreteras para facilitar el paso a los cruces fronterizos.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Sic cunis miscere cruces? cumque ubere matris Commisisse neces et scelus et furias?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
These sorts of cruces always are to 224 me the most insoluble, and I should not wonder if D.B. stuck there for a week or two.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
In "Memories and Portraits," Stevenson says: "A good serious play must be founded on one of the passionate cruces of life, where duty and inclination come nobly to the grapple."
From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett
Good wine and sound ale have their uses, To distinguish 'twixt which and abuses The clear-headed want; But illogical cant Will ne'er solve our worst social cruces.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 by Various
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