Peres

American  

[per-ez] / ˈpɛr ɛz /

noun

1. Shimon 1923–2016, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.

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Peres British  

/ ˈpɛrɛs /

noun

1. Shimon (ʃiːˈməʊn). born 1923, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister (1984–86; 1995–96); president from 2007; Nobel peace prize 1994 jointly with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin

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Example Sentences

One welcome shift from past cinematic renderings is screenwriters Peres Owino's and NneNne Iwuji's emphasis on Cleopatra's shrewdness as a political and military strategist, traits often subsumed by her legend as a seductress.

From Salon

Opposite her, Louis Peres, best known as a screen actor, is a startling tech-generation descendant of Christian Bale in “American Psycho”: clean-cut, in control, smoothly scary.

From New York Times

"People were happy and dancing until we heard a lot of gunfire. Everyone ran away... some hid in my office and others in the other rooms. There was lots of fear," said Peres Trabelsi, head of Djerba's Jewish community.

From Reuters

Its form was influenced by record store listening booths, as well as a work Morales created for Peres Projects in 2003 — a wooden cube that served as a listening station for a sound piece inspired by the Cuban bandleader Damaso Pérez Prado.

From Los Angeles Times

First Yehualaw was dropped, leaving Hassan in a three-way fight with Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and Ethiopia's Alemu Megertu - the runner-up last year.

From BBC