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
Cooper, a Hemingway confidant, was among the long roster of celebrities to make the trek to the finca in the coming years.
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
A cowboy rounded up the cattle in Lalao’s finca, and on her side of the fence, Doña Ana led her cow to the shack behind her house.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Some of his 50-odd cattle ranches and 45 coffee fincas he got by "smart buying."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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 Charles Francis Stocking
His fincas and herds and mines melted away from him like grease from a holy candle.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
Some of the largest coffee fincas of Guatemala lie along this road, producing annually to hundreds of thousands in gold.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
