Huerta

[ wer-tuh; Spanish wer-tah ]

noun

1. Vic·to·ria·no [beek-taw-, ryah, -naw], 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.

Example Sentences

As a postdoc, Huerta searched for gravitational waves by tediously trying to match data collected by detectors to a catalogue of potential waveforms.

From MIT Technology Review

Played gently by Huerta, Mendel seems slightly uncomfortable wherever he goes, often slipping on and off various social masks as he performs the roles of happy-go-lucky peer, uncle, and boyfriend.

From TechCrunch

Hoping to restore representative government, four unlikely allies joined forces to defeat Huerta.

From Washington Post

Huerta did not manage entirely to dispel the old phantom of electronic interference.

From The Daily Beast

Lowry again: [Federal Aviation Authority head Michael] Huerta claims sequestration gives him no wiggle room.

From The Daily Beast

They never married because according to Huerta, “Things were fine they way they were.”

From The Daily Beast

Dolores Huerta has been arrested 22 times—and badly beaten—for fighting for farmer and immigrant rights.

From The Daily Beast

A call from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue brought the news of the medal, Huerta says from her office in Bakersfield.

From The Daily Beast

It is thus apparent that the initial mistake in the Huerta affair was made by Great Britain.

From Project Gutenberg

Carden denied that Huerta made such a boast in his statement to the Diplomatic Gorps.

From Project Gutenberg

He asked, if the British Government should withdraw the recognition of Huerta, what would happen.

From Project Gutenberg

We are going to give them a chance to see what they can do with Huerta before moving any further.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir William thinks that if we are willing to let Huerta save his face he can be got out without force of arms.

From Project Gutenberg