Laredo

[ luh-rey-doh ]

noun

1. a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.

Laredo

/ ləˈreɪdəʊ /

noun

1. a city in the US, in Texas, on the Mexican border: founded by the Spanish in 1755 on the Rio Grande. Pop: 197 488 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

The Laredo facility, owned by Midwest Sterilization Corporation, was one of those 23.

From ProPublica

In 2009, Arredondo left his hometown again, this time for Webb County, another border community about two and a half hours south, which is home to the larger city of Laredo.

From Time

Gloria Jackson, a Laredo resident, told The Daily Beast she was historically an avid Cuellar supporter.

From The Daily Beast

My hometown, Laredo, was at one point ranked worst in the nation for active cases per capita, despite being the first city in the country to issue a mask mandate.

From Time

In another example, a Laredo, Texas, man assaulted his mother, then opened fire on police with his Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 rifle in July 2020.

From FiveThirtyEight

What about the fact that, well, some business owners would rather live on the Lower East Side than Laredo?

From The Daily Beast

Turned out, I found out later, Z-40 had a weak point: his baby born in some hospital in the United States, likely in Laredo.

From The Daily Beast

In December 2010, 153 inmates escaped from a prison in Nuevo Laredo with the assistance of 41 guards.

From The Daily Beast

Lack of faith in government and violence have led many Mexicans to flee Nuevo Laredo and move to Texas.

From The Daily Beast

Julio Gonzalez, 62, worked as a janitor at a high school in Nuevo Laredo.

From The Daily Beast

It took our lumbering train many days to reach Laredo, a distance of about one hundred and sixty miles from Corpus Christi.

From Project Gutenberg

In ten minutes the train was off again for Laredo, the end of the road.

From Project Gutenberg

Only it's onavailable to 'llustrate the illyoosage I suffers at the hands of my Laredo wife.'

From Project Gutenberg

You see they're kin to my Laredo wife, me an' Ed both marryin' into the same tribe.

From Project Gutenberg

You could be doin' it, you know, while I'm down in Laredo, treating with them hostiles for possession.'

From Project Gutenberg