reference
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Adrian E. Alvarez, who runs the group’s website, created a song titled “Spencer, Saca La Bassura,” a reference to Pratt’s epithet for the mayor from the Spanish word for trash.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
"It's a kind of cultural reference point that everyone has," he said.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
“Let me tell you something: The music is not enough,” he says in reference to competing in today’s overly saturated musical landscape.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
The eDNA analysis was paired with genetic reference material from physical specimens collected by the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
It was his one remaining point of reference and he clung to it with a fierce Pavlovian tenacity, partly through habit and partly because he had nothing with which to replace it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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