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The following spring, all the magueys on the hill sprouted stalks that bore the graffiti that declared their eternal love, a bit of magical realism that’s also one of the great reveals in ranchera history.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2021

I imagine those who wash our clothing and bedding then carefully drape it over magueys to dry.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

Meanwhile my comrades had crept into the magueys to wait for me.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne

I was on my honour, my steed upon his mettle; and without halt we went plunging through the magueys.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

We measured, at the same place, magueys or agaves, the long stems of which, laden with flowers, were forty-four feet high.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina