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Thousands of Spanish settlers also immigrated to Puerto Rico from the Canary Islands during the 18th and 19th centuries, so many so that whole Puerto Rican villages and towns were founded by Canarian immigrants, and their descendants would later form a majority of the Spanish population on the island.
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Thousands of residents built a community that combined Cuban, Spanish, Italian, and Jewish culture.
Thousands of women were taken from the local populations by the Spanish and used by conquistadors as personal vassals.
Thousands of Basque refugees fleeing Spanish Civil War on 1939 also settled and have many descendants in the country and have even intermarried with, other Spanish ethnic groups other than Castilians, and other European ethnic groups.
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Thousands of girls were also recruited as soldiers and often subjected to sexual exploitation.
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Thousands of schoolchildren from Southern California and elsewhere visit the lab every year.
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Thousands of rebels charged down from Mousehold and began swimming the Wensum between the Cow Tower and Bishops Gate.
Thousands of Ohlones are resting in the Ohlone cemetery located about a quarter of a mile from the mission down Washington Boulevard.
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Thousands marched through the streets of Haiti ’ s capital, singing pro-Aristide slogans while denouncing Martelly, to mark the eighth anniversary of Aristide ’ s ouster from power on Feb. 29, 2004.
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