Pico Rivera

[ pee-koh ri-vair-uh, -veer-uh ]

/ ˈpi koʊ rɪˈvɛər ə, -ˈvɪər ə /

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noun

a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

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How to use Pico Rivera in a sentence

He was living under the alias Alonso Rivera Muñoz as a middling real estate developer and art collector in Querétaro.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, voters in South Florida do have some standards, and Rivera has long since burned all his political bridges.
Former Congressman May Be Future Convict|Ben Jacobs|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rick Wilson, a top Florida GOP political consultant, describes Rivera as “a wily character ... [who has] run out of tricks.”
Former Congressman May Be Future Convict|Ben Jacobs|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rivera is a Cuban-American from South Florida who served one term in Congress from 2011-2013.
Former Congressman May Be Future Convict|Ben Jacobs|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Now that Alliegro has pled guilty, the expectation is that Rivera will not be referred to as “unindicted” for much longer.
Former Congressman May Be Future Convict|Ben Jacobs|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
I really ought to have been attending to very much more serious matters, but I never can resist Pico.'
The Making of a Saint|William Somerset Maugham
The title given to nine hundred propositions, put forth at Rome by Pico della Mirandola, then aged twenty-three, in 1486.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal
The loss of General Rivera, in killed and wounded, was stated at about two hundred.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich
Thus it may be traced, in company with other heaths, to the summit of the Pico Ruivo.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer