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huarache

[wuh-rah-chee, wah-rah-che] / wəˈrɑ tʃi, wɑˈrɑ tʃɛ /
NOUN
sandal
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The costumes are an inherent part of the storytelling, from huarache sandals that Schwartzman turns into a punchline, to flamboyant embellishments on the suits of Droege’s Dumé.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

The preparation can make for some delicious if sloppy eating, as the wetter ingredients return your gordita pocket or huarache substrate to its soft masa form.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2022

I loved the huarache with pork al pastor, a lightly griddled plank of masa topped pizzalike with crisp-edged shards of spit-roasted pork, chili-stoked pineapple and avocado.

From Seattle Times Aug. 3, 2017

Is Faith & Flower redeemed by the charred, crisp carnitas pizza, whose tart salsa verde really does make the pizza seem like an antojitos platform in the school of the huarache?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2014

He wore a red tank top, Bermuda shorts, and huarache sandals.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The Oaxaca Slip-On was inspired by traditional leather sandals known as huaraches made by Indigenous artisans in Mexico.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2025

When Chicano fashion designer Willy Chavarría first devised his latest shoe drop — a chunky sneaker topped with the sleek, black leather weave of artisanal Mexican huaraches — he meant to honor his roots.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2025

Marciel Perez, who owns Mr. Hammer Shoes, has been selling huaraches and vaquero fashion at Plaza Mexico for over 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2025

Her kitchen makes its own tortillas, gorditas, huaraches and sopes from blue-corn masa.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2022

The deep cracks in the back of his heels were as black as the soles of his huaraches.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez




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