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Como todos nós vimos ontem, a tropa de choque e os tratores sempre funcionam: No Estado de São Paulo é assim: A gente faz.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Outrage at violent São Paulo eviction 2009
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Quando chegamos na altura do gramado, havia uma multidão de centenas de pessoas, a maioria estudantes correndo e a tropa de choque avançando e lançando bombas de concusão (falsamente chamadas de “efeito moral” porque soltam estilhaços e machucam bastante) e de gás lacrimogêneo.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: The country’s largest university becomes a battlefield 2009
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Pero feeling ko hindi kasi may lakad tropa at syempre ... tropa muna bago ang kahit ano.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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Has anyone got any idea were i can buy tropa de elite with sub titles or in English.
Filmstalker: Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) angers Brazilian police 2007
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The moment we were in the carriage, our coachman nodded to us, and saying, "_A la tropa_," galloped off with us in an unknown direction.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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Nor were we mistaken; for in due time, ascending a steep acclivity, we came upon "_la tropa_" and found some ten thousand soldiers undergoing review, in their seersucker coats and Panama hats, which, being very like the costume of an easy Wall-Street man in August, had a very peaceful appearance on so military an occasion.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various
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Time was not so very long ago when Abran de la Garza was called the most dashing _jefe de tropa_ in the service, when señoritas fell to him as alamo leaves shower down to autumn winds; when pride consumed him, and ambition for a Division was burning in his brain.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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"_Nuestra gloriosa tropa siga avanzando sin perder ni una sola palma de terreno_," Karkov said in his strange Spanish.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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"Nuestra gloriosa tropa siga avanzando sin perder ni una sola palma de terreno," Karkov said in his strange Spanish.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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¡La Justicia de la ciudad está entrando en el pueblo con mucha tropa!
Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862
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