yanqui
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John Ellis Bush was an aimless yanqui blue blood, in Mexico for a couple of months on a program through his New England prep school.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2015
Michael Moynihan on the Bolivian farce, the WikiLeaks sideshow, and other yanqui ‘victims.’
From Newsweek • Jul. 5, 2013
He got along so well that his boss, Foreign Minister Jer�nimo Remorino, called him "the yanqui."
From Time Magazine Archive
Though U.S. officials insist that Barco had privately approved the plan, the ill-timed disclosure aroused the Colombian press to dire warnings of a "yanqui blockade."
From Time Magazine Archive
When she heard the doors of the big green yanqui car shut and the tourist start the engine, she slid forward, scraping her back on the rough white stucco.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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