Junot ___, 2008 Pulitzer winner for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"

Usage examples of diaz.

A policeman sauntered near with his large lantern--a superior sort of Dogberry, but very young, as are most of the policemen in Mexico, save the Rurales, that splendid company of highwaymen whom Diaz bought over from being bandits to be the guardians of the peace.

Cape of Good Hope at so early a day would wrest the honor of the discovery of that great headland from Bartholomew Diaz, its reputed discoverer, and so make modern history a liar.

Name a creature, from a nematode worm to Cameron Diaz, and they all use architecture first created in the Cambrian party.

It is a patriotism that will assist the arch-murderer, Diaz, in destroying thousands of lives in Mexico, or that will even aid in arresting Mexican revolutionists on American soil and keep them incarcerated in American prisons, without the slightest cause or reason.

Rock flew, and so did Ensign Diaz, who was hit in the face mask and killed instantly when he showed himself to get in a shot.

Bartolome Diaz and Christopher Columbus, had succeeded, much to the profit of Spain, the one in recovering a lost world, the other in conquering a world yet unknown.