Delores
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, artist MisterAlek transformed a Cesar Chavez mural he painted in 2021 and replaced it with a painting of Delores Huerta.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
To improve his product’s chances of survival, Martin made specialty models for popular musicians such as Delores Navares de Goñi, whose playing was praised by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
If asked about their families, it might be on the record that Lydia’s softball-playing sister, Delores, loved watching her sibling at the barre.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024
Delores Mondragon was teaching a Native American religious traditions class with Claveria while both were grad students in 2017 when something surprising happened after a class.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
She paid Delores the fifty cents a week she got for lunch money to give her lessons.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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