Pasionaria
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In an attempt to remedy this injustice, Blouin's memoir, titled My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria, is being re-released, having spent decades out of print.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
"We got hit so many times, a weaker team would have been on their knees," the coach Míchel said, turning all La Pasionaria.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2010
Novelist Alix Kates Shulman quotes La Pasionaria on this point: "It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees."
From Time Magazine Archive
Her continuous salvos against the Wilson government's proposals for higher tax rates on inherited wealth finally provoked Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey to call her "La Pasionaria of Privilege."
From Time Magazine Archive
Except for two years in France and Rumania, La Pasionaria has lived in Moscow from 1939 on.
From Time Magazine Archive
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