How to Use Nestor in a Sentence

Nestor

noun
  • Lockridge was acquired in the trade deadline deal that sent lefty Nestor Cortes to the San Diego Padres.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Nestor Mendoza has hundreds of thousands of views of his complex 3-D chalk art on TikTok.
    Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But after joining Minnesota in June, Nestor seems to have asserted himself more in fall camp.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Nestor Cortes will forever be the man on the mound for Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam to open last year’s World Series.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The Yankees traded Caleb Durbin and Nestor Cortes for Williams, who is going to be a free agent after the season.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Nestor Cortes took the ball for the Padres, and in the top of the second inning, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman stepped into the box.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Nestor Cortes arrived in San Diego on Saturday night and was in the Padres clubhouse Sunday morning.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Nice to get Michael (King) back and (Yu) Darvish back and Nestor (Cortes) and the way Dylan (Cease) is going now.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The Padres acquired Mason Miller, Freddy Fermin, Nestor Cortes and more in a series of deadline moves.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Casey Sykes/Getty Images The Yankees gave up Caleb Durbin and Nestor Cortes to get Williams.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Quintana is the 18-year-old switch-hitting shortstop the Padres received from the Brewers in the Nestor Cortes-Brandon Lockridge swap.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Starting pitcher Nestor Cortes was done before recording an out in the fourth inning, the offense did little against a young starting pitcher who has struggled and a depleted bullpen and the game turned on a fourth-inning error by Jake Cronenworth.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But the trades might not have been called for if the Yankees' offseason trade, which landed closer Devin Williams from the Milwaukee Brewers for a package including Nestor Cortes, had been more effective.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Nestor Carbonell will return this season as Yanko Flores, and William Jackson Harper, who can be seen in the trailer, rounds out the cast as new character Ben, Head of Sports at UBN.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
  • City and state incentives for dense housing projects near transit likely played a key role in making the projects profitable enough for developers to pursue them, said Albert Velasquez, chair of the Otay Mesa-Nestor Community Planning Group.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Details of the 1990 Miami-Dade murders Jones was sentenced to death for murdering 66-year-old Matilda Nestor and 67-year-old Jacob Nestor at their business in December 1990, according to court documents.
    Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Isaac Thompson #43 and John Nestor #7 of the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrate after a defensive play during the first half of the Transperfect Music City Bowl against the Missouri Tigers at Nissan Stadium on December 30, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Joining Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Boyd Holbrook, and Jon Hamm.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025

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