Example Sentences

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Police say that after a co-ordinated effort between Colombian and British authorities, a criminal group called "los primos" was dismantled.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

“It’s a place where people call each other primos and parientes” — cousins and relatives — Garcia, 50, said.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

Y para todos mis primos desde Mission hasta Brownsville, “Mi Piquito de Oro” de Ramón Ayala!

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2022

My younger primos laughed that we’d want to go see a washed-up player.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2021

Being the only officer who could initiate a member, I “had my hands full,” and I at last decided to communicate with the Bradford lodge as to the installation of a few primos in Keighley.

From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End