Velázquez in a sentence

Bronx Councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez, who introduced the bill, said that over $40 billion worth of plastic utensils are thrown away every day.

Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat, state Sen. Luis Sepúlveda, and former Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. were among those who delivered speeches in support of LaSalle, urging their colleagues to give him a fair hearing.

Or so Velázquez thought.

The Cubs recalled Velázquez from Triple-A Iowa to replace center fielder Cody Bellinger, who went on the paternity list before Tuesday’s series opener.

Velázquez capped the nine-pitch sequence — all sinkers — by shrewdly taking ball four just outside the zone to set up Nico Hoerner with two runners on and a two-run deficit.

Around another corner was a canvas by Diego Velázquez of the Greek god Bacchus doling out wine to a group of buddies, as one of them looked out at the viewer.

Maxine Waters of California, Carolyn Maloney and Nydia Velázquez of New York, Bill Foster of Illinois, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos, 32, was killed in Puerto Rico on April 21 — killed alongside Layla Pelaez Sánchez, 21. According to reports, Ramos was vacationing on the island and set to return to her home in Queens, New York, at the end of the month.

New York Democratic representatives (from left to right) Grace Meng, Carolyn Maloney, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nydia Velázquez, and Yvette Clarke after taking a group portrait at the US Capitol in January 2019.

U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez said Velázquez Piñol had improperly taken advantage of contacts in the education and health insurance agencies to win federal contracts and illegally used federal money to pay for lobbying.

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez of New York said in a statement that the charges suggest corruption was another factor in the flawed response to the hurricane damage.

Arrayed behind her as she concluded her speech were veteran female representatives: Zoe Lofgren of California, Nydia M. Velázquez of New York, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, a leading member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Ex-Mayor Evodio Velázquez Aguirre signed for these weapons when in office; his term ended last week.

Cortés also found time to become romantically involved with Catalina Xuárez (or Juárez), the sister-in-law of Governor Velázquez.

Cortés was temporarily distracted by one of Catalina's sisters but finally married Catalina, reluctantly, under pressure from Governor Velázquez.

Desert Islands, p. 144. A parallel in painting Deleuze points to is Francis Bacon's Study after Velázquez —it is quite beside the point to say that Bacon "gets Velasquez wrong".

Governor Diego Velázquez continued to be a thorn in his side, teaming up with Bishop Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, chief of the Spanish colonial department, to undermine him in the Council of the Indies.

He sailed first to Cuba, to pick up supplies Cortés had arranged for him, where Governor Velázquez convinced him to go and claim the colony he was to found as his own.

Inspired by Hals and Velázquez, it is a harbinger of his lifelong interest in the subject of leisure.

The Dominican friar Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas was appointed to carry out the decisions.