hacienda

Example Sentences

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While Moreno-Garcia's book mentions "importing hacienda workers from China. I have not read the book, and do not know whether this would be considered 'negative.'"

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024

Word that the gated, four-bedroom hacienda at the end of a cul-de-sac was slated to be torn town sparked expressions of outrage on social media, the Times reported.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023

Shortly after seeing his work in Lima, a Mexican mining businessman hired him to create something for his hacienda.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

He was among six veteran bullfighters performing for free on a recent Saturday in front of about 150 people at an emerald-green hacienda in Colombia’s Andes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

One day, Dr. Pérez picked us up at our hotel in his battered Russian sedan and we drove to the hacienda, in a place called Santiago de las Vegas.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French