Téllez
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Téllez’s collaborators are all here legally, either as asylum seekers or with the Temporary Protected Status granted Venezuelans, but Téllez worries that North America is nevertheless “a continent that welcomes them and unwelcomes them.”
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Also freed was Dora María Téllez, a top guerrilla during the socialist Sandinista revolution in 1979 who later became a fierce critic of Ortega.
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023
Asked if the attempt to capture Guzmán was worth another day of tension and uncertainty in Culiacan, Téllez said, “If they caught him, it was worth it.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2023
Following the incident, Mexican authorities fired the prison director, Alejandro Alvarado Téllez.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023
“It is all right, it is all right,” Téllez said soothingly, “la Grande has come to help us.”
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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