Ponce de León
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Juan Garrido came here with the first European to step foot on the continent from Europe, and he came here with Ponce de León to a place.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023
Rather than rummaging around Florida like Juan Ponce de León in the 1500s, the lawmakers are giving taxpayer dollars to scientists to develop life-altering elixirs.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
Samuel Ponce de León, the epidemiologist who heads the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s coronavirus committee, said he doubted that border controls would have much effect on restraining the highly transmissible omicron.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
Ponce de León, I think we’ve finally found your Fountain of Youth.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
In 1508 Ponce de León was sent to conquer Porto Rico, and in 1511 the present city of San Juan was founded.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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