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The most serious accusation, made by investigative journalist Horacio Verbitsky in his book El Silencio, is that Bergoglio, as head of Argentina’s Society of Jesus, failed to protect two young priests, who had been working to improve the lives of the poor in the barrios of Buenos Aires.
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Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
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Education lifted him from the barrio.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
With the hopes of taking the genre from the barrios of Cuba to the masses, the duo composed by Delgado and Randy Malcolm team up with a wave of up-and-coming producers and artists such as Dale Pututi, Dany Ome, Kevincito El 13, and L Kimii, as well as one of the genre’s pioneer, Chocolate.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 May 2025
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Education lifted him from the barrio.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
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Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2013
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Fort Worth Entertainment
How Willie Nelson changed country music in a little North Texas town 50 years ago
May 14, 2025 5:50 AM
Fort Worth
Education lifted him from the barrio.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
With the hopes of taking the genre from the barrios of Cuba to the masses, the duo composed by Delgado and Randy Malcolm team up with a wave of up-and-coming producers and artists such as Dale Pututi, Dany Ome, Kevincito El 13, and L Kimii, as well as one of the genre’s pioneer, Chocolate.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 May 2025
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Education lifted him from the barrio.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrio
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Love it or hate it, that’s different to WhatsApp’s own AI upgrades which promise user data is not processed outside their own security enclave and is never visible to anyone else.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Fifty hostages remain in captivity in the enclave, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive, according to the Israeli government.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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But the district’s workers also face financial pressures.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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Plans also have called for re relocating the district’s headquarters from New Haven to Hartford.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
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Viewers will be taken on a journey through hip hop history – meeting genre pioneers and future icons, visiting the neighborhoods, studios and places that fostered early styles as well as watching beloved artists analyze their favorite tracks, according to the description.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
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Traditional alarm systems and exclusive neighborhoods no longer feel sufficient.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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Under the hood is a familiar 375-hp, 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 and eight-speed automatic.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 June 2025
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Under the hood is a 3.0-liter inline-six engine mated to an automatic gearbox making 395 brake horsepower.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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The chapter’s first section responds to a tendency in Harry Potter studies to interpret the series as if its version of magic portrays a profoundly different and salutary alternative to Muggle technology.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Democrats, who are making arguments before the parliamentarian to slash key sections of the bill, called the ruling a win.—
Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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“Barrio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrio. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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