finca
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With those few fat years came a move to Vashon Island, thinking that might satisfy my search for a finca, an escape.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
In the first chapter, Basch and Berry are staying at their Costa Rican finca, and Basch requires stitches from a Tica physician.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2019
The finca, which became the property of the Cuban government, soon fell into disrepair.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018
Stern called the finca row just one example of Becker’s inability to cope with the millions he had earned.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2017
“No, she didn’t. She sneaked into Lalao’s finca with Tato and Pepito.”
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
During his time in office, Arbenz emerged as the owner of a $3,000,000 cotton plantation; his Interior Minister turned into a gentleman-farmer with two coffee fincas; another pal acquired two mansions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of his 50-odd cattle ranches and 45 coffee fincas he got by "smart buying."
From Time Magazine Archive
The male indians of Tuxtla are, in large part, employed in contract labor on fincas at a distance from the town.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick
His fincas and herds and mines melted away from him like grease from a holy candle.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
But go back now to your fincas and your fishing, to your little stores and your humble homes, firmly resolving never to think a bad thought, whether about yourself or your neighbor.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
