Jacobina
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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To see whether the survivors fared well enough in the wild to spread their DNA, he contacted Oxitec’s collaborators on the eve of a large field trial in the Brazilian city of Jacobina.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 17, 2019
The novel DNA that did show up in the Jacobina population was from the Oxitec mosquitoes’ genetic “background”—a cross between strains from Cuba and Mexico.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 17, 2019
Alone in a desolate plantation house, Jacobina, a sub-lieutenant in the National Guard, finds his reflection growing dimmer and less distinct.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
Once when Martin relayed a prying reporter's request to interview the whole family at home, Jacobina objected, "But mother, I wasn't brought up in that manner."
From Time Magazine Archive
Wilhelmina marry Jacob; it's joost the same; all r-r-ight,' added Jacobina, who prided herself upon her English, caught from visitors at the Wirthshaus table.
From Solomon by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
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