LES
Americanabbreviation
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LES CAYES, Haiti — With broken bones and open wounds, the injured jammed into damaged hospitals or headed to the airport, hoping for mercy flights out.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2021
Neither Potter nor Nothnagel are racking up LES bills with their personal collections.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2017
Since the LES isn’t discarded after launch, this “pusher” method provides the capsule with emergency escape capability throughout the entire flight—something the Space Shuttle and Apollo crafts never had, the company notes.
From Time • Nov. 18, 2014
Most other proposed transactions in the global exchanges industry, including bids by the LES, Singapore Exchange Ltd and Nasdaq OMX Group, have since failed.
From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2012
In press. 12mo. cloth, $1.50 LES MISERABLES.—In the Spanish language.
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)
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