Moros

American  

[mawr-os, mohr-] / ˈmɔr ɒs, ˈmoʊr- /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.

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Example Sentences

Then Becca Moros, Gotham’s top assistant, left for the University of Arizona and Tweed moved up a spot.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Moros y Cristianos is meant to put rose-colored glasses on that time, like both groups existed together harmoniously, when in fact the last of the Moors still practicing Islam were removed from Spain in 1609.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2022

"We remain in a state of emergency on the instructions of our commander-in-chief Nicolas Maduro Moros," Remigio Ceballos, minister of the interior, said on state television on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2021

To the extent that the Americans “won” over the rebels, Mr. Arnold attributes that to an outsize battle: The Moros had no outside support, were insulated on an island and were outgunned.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2017

Hieronimo de Bañuelos y Carrillo; 1638.Glorious victories against the Moros of Mindanao.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various