LES
Americanabbreviation
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LES CAYES, Haiti — With broken bones and open wounds, the injured jammed into damaged hospitals or headed to the airport, hoping for mercy flights out.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2021
This year, it’s LES MOONVES, one of the most powerful men in television.
From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2018
In fact, Bowie is such a fan of the written word, reports the LES, that if he hadn’t become a musician, he’d have chosen a career as a novelist.
From Time • Oct. 3, 2013
Most other proposed transactions in the global exchanges industry, including bids by the LES, Singapore Exchange Ltd and Nasdaq OMX Group, have since failed.
From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2012
One large octavo vol., paper covers, $1.00, or cloth bound, $1.50 LES MISERABLES.—A superior edition of the same Novel, in five handsome octavo vols.—"Fantine,"
From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.
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