alas
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He’s come to Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, known as ALAS, a local nonprofit, for food and help.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023
Belinda Hernandez, founder and executive director of the farmworker advocacy group ALAS, said she hopes this time officials take the plight of farmworkers seriously and make a change.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Jimenez, the vice mayor, said he knew a lot about the farm from his work with the nonprofit ALAS, whose full title in Spanish means Helping Latinos to Dream.
From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2023
“He was always positive in the conversation,” said Joaquin Jimenez, Half Moon Bay’s vice mayor and director of the farmworker program for Ayudando Latinos a Soñar, or ALAS, a nonprofit supporting the local Latino community.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
ALAS, I cannot stay in the house, and home has become no home to me, for the eternal Stranger calls, he is going along the road.
From Fruit-Gathering by Tagore, Rabindranath
Vocabulary lists containing alas
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 1
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4-letter words, List 1
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