figures

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Díaz points to his cousin — Chef Tino, a Puerto Rican chef he grew up watching on television, as one of the figures who shaped the visual and conceptual language of the project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

There have also been defiant messages from two of the CHP's most popular figures.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"The figures show that things are moving forward, that it's slow, that it's not enough."

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Italian and eurozone consumer and business surveys for May are scheduled for release on Thursday, while French consumer spending figures are due on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The central players in the drama were not the marginal or peripheral figures, whose lives are more typical, but rather the political leaders at the center of the national story who wielded power.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis