Las Casas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One resident who sneaked back in the morning of day two saw fires starting to break out, but no fire engines came to save Las Casas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Neighbors on Las Casas stayed in touch through a chat group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
She had a listing for sale on Las Casas Avenue in the Palisades, but she can’t take offers on it because she’s not even sure it’s still standing and hasn’t been able to check.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
The incident happened early on Sunday as Father Marcelo was returning to his parish after saying Mass in the Cuxtitali neighbourhood of San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024
The first European adventurers in the Western Hemisphere did not make careful population counts, but they repeatedly described indigenous America as a crowded, jostling place—“a beehive of people,” as Las Casas put it in 1542.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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