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Examples
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Danes simply stick the letter, card, or parcel--up to 4.4 pounds--in an envelope, as normal, then text-message the word "porto" to the number 1900.
CNET News.com 2011
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Way]; Naufraghi in porto [originally Dopo il divorzio, 1902] (1920) [After the Divorce];
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Maybe one of these days someone will carry a porto-potty with their carryone luggage since the airline was talking about charging passengers to use their on board restrooms.
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Though I didn't mean to judge Agnès, I found myself avoiding her, and I crossed the street at the sight of her and her porto-enflamed cheeks.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Though I didn't mean to judge Agnès, I found myself avoiding her, and I crossed the street at the sight of her and her porto-enflamed cheeks.
Characters 2009
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Though I didn't mean to judge Agnès, I found myself avoiding her, and I crossed the street at the sight of her and her porto-enflamed cheeks.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Though I didn't mean to judge Agnès, I found myself avoiding her, and I crossed the street at the sight of her and her porto-enflamed cheeks.
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Bill: Hmmm. My guess is that she ordered "un porto".
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It is thought that the genus name, Portulaca is from the Latin porto and laca meaning "milk carrier" in reference to its milky sap.
Brigitte Mars: Purslane: Gandhi's Favorite Food May Be a Weed in Your Yard 2010
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Though I didn't mean to judge Agnès, I found myself avoiding her, and I crossed the street at the sight of her and her porto-enflamed cheeks.
Characters 2009
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