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perfecto

[per-fek-toh] / pərˈfɛk toʊ /


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And in May 2025 Trump sounded more than a little envious of his Arab hosts as he praised the marble of Qatar's royal palace as "perfecto" and marvelled at Saudi Arabia's architecture.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Just more than a month later, the Dodgers won the World Series — making Browning the lone pitcher to toss a perfecto against the team that won the championship that same year.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2022

Fischer, with a will to win perhaps unmatched in the history of the game, fashioned some of the most improbable win streaks ever, including the only 11-0 perfecto in the 1963-64 U.S. national championship.

From Washington Times Aug. 10, 2021

Reassure him: “You know that you are 100 percent perfecto, exactly as you are, and you’re growing tall and healthy just like that tree over there... .”

From Washington Post Jul. 15, 2021

I told R. that if I never saw his face or his silly brother’s again, it was perfecto with me!

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Biker boys and girls wore leather perfectos, pants, skirts and a bustier dress all trimmed in gold hardware.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 25, 2018

There have only been 21 perfectos in MLB history.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2012

It’s the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfectos in the same season — Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez threw a no-hitter, too, in April.

From Newsweek May 30, 2010

It's the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfectos in the same season — Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez threw a no-hitter, too, in April.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2010

The admiral drew him down to the space beside him on the parapet and offered the second greatest gift in his possession: one of his selected perfectos.

From A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath




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