Pôrto
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“Affection in the Streets,” for instance, a Brazilian documentary by Thiago Köche, captures the lives of Pôrto Alegre’s homeless, who often take better care of their dogs than themselves.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021
Only a couple of Argentina’s giants have anything like the revenues of the powerhouses from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pôrto Alegre and Belo Horizonte.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021
The difference, this time, was that Zanotta was taking those calls not in São Paulo or Pôrto Alegre, but Dallas.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021
In 2012, two handfuls of grass sprigs were shipped down from Texas to an off-site turf farm in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil, where it was grown and tended by Marcelo Matte of Green Grass Brasil.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2016
Ms. Beloti and other therapists test aspects of this philosophy at a compound in a sprawling prison complex in Pôrto Velho.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2015
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