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Known for hits such as School's Out, Poison and I'm Eighteen, Cooper, whose real name is Vincent Damon Furnier, spoke about the stark difference between himself and his on-stage alter ego.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
It's being created in real time - as soon as the portraits are taken they appear on the wall, in a collage - something Endless says can be a creative risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“That is the real power of the Arab vote in this election,” said Muhammed Khalaily, a researcher on Arab society at the Israel Democracy Institute, a think tank based in Jerusalem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
You knew he wasn’t adjusting a word for anybody else, and so he became a real North Star for me about what your attitude should be about your work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
It’s not a real cellar—no shelves for preserves or rations for nuclear fallout—just a temporary safety pod.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Spaniards have rhapsodized over Gypsy Vicente Escudero ever since, at the age of 9, he danced in the streets with his Gypsy relatives, went through the crowds passing his worn cap for reales.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For the price of five reales, people could look into the telescope and see the gypsy woman an arm’s length away.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Without knowing what to say, he paid ten reales more so that his sons could have that prodigious experience.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"Certainly; for if Don Santos is not a match with five or six million reales, I don't know who is," exclaimed Mateo feelingly, as befitted the father of four marriageable daughters who did not marry.
From The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés
The Payment of Tribute.—The tribute was introduced in 1570.10 It was supposed to be eight reales or a peso of silver for each family.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
In Caracas, prices are often denominated in dollars or euros, while on the borders, Colombian pesos and Brazilian reals are often used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
“He shot ‘Socrates’ with 30,000 reals, which is around $12,000,” said Meirelles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Of the nearly 50 billion reals the administration of President Jair Boslonaro is expecting, 20% will go to the federal treasury, and the rest to building new infrastructure or improving existing networks.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
The bolívar, the national currency, is worthless, and goods are paid for in gold or reals, the Brazilian currency.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
“Wow! For reals? That’s a lot of people.”
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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