How to Use Costa Rican in a Sentence

Costa Rican

adjective
  • Costa Rican linesman Berny Ulloa wasn’t having any of that.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • The measures tend to be popular, and a large portion of the Costa Rican population supports the new mega-prison.
    — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Tovar said the decision follows a long line in Costa Rican foreign policy.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Dishes include a cheese plate of six cheeses made on the hotel’s farm, along with traditional Costa Rican specialties like black bean soup.
    — Laura Beausire, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
  • Here, the family compound is not a playground so much as a pause button, set among the lushly green escape of a Costa Rican coffee estate.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Hacienda Las Marías belongs to an older, more elusive version of Costa Rican coastal life.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • Tovar framed the break within a historical line in Costa Rican foreign policy.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Exclusively Costa Rican hummingbird species zip through the gardens.
    — Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The company’s downfall came not from its ties to the Costa Rican underworld but from Pughsley and the others’ failure to pay taxes.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • The Salvadoran president, in turn, donated the design for the prison to the Costa Rican government.
    — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In Dominical, options range from authentic Costa Rican cuisine to burgers.
    — Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
  • Heather's Blend is inspired by espresso martinis - a blend of bold Costa Rican, smooth Colombian and a hint of French Vanilla.
    — CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Food and drink With five restaurants and six bars on property, there is something for everyone in your group, from traditional Costa Rican cuisine to sushi, tacos, and pizza.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Also new are the property’s five food and beverage outlets, offering drinks and eats that range from a craft beer taproom and ice cream shop to gourmet tacos, Asian stir fry and Costa Rican cuisine.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Esteban Quesada serves as the Costa Rican producer.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Nearby Playa Naranjo serves as a gateway, with a ferry service linking the peninsula to Puntarenas and the wider Costa Rican coast.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • To estimate how many parasitoid wasp species in the Costa Rican national park have evaded detection, the researchers took cues from infectious disease tracking.
    — Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • To the classic base of all Costa Rican dishes—peppers, coriander, onion, and garlic—we've added coyote cilantro, chay, wild anise, uvita, caroa, tamarind leaves, madero negro flowers, and beach asparagus.
    — Chris Moss, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Hailing from the capital city of San Jose, the Costa Rican squad finished sixth and eighth out of 10 teams last year in the Primera Division’s split-season structure.
    — Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • Here are five other Costa Rican Below-The-Line Talents to Track whose hard work and commitment to their craft may just earn them the ultimate reward in the future.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • The move to keep Chaves in the administration is unprecedented in Costa Rican politics and will offer the outgoing leader incredible sway over the next government.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • According to the statement, Arnoldo André Tinoco, the Costa Rican foreign minister at the time, assured Havana at the time that the steps did not mean a rupture in relations.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond the architecture, the Costa Rican government mandates that 70 percent of the peninsula’s dry tropical forest remains protected—paradise will not be paved.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
  • San José, the Costa Rican capital, in all its throughways and recreation spots, transforms into an emotional terrain through which all the existential torpor and dislocation reverberate.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • Food and drink Breakfast and dinner are served at Casa del Rio, the restaurant in the main building, and feature a mix of local Costa Rican specialties and international dishes, including a solid burger.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • That’s because after Piedras Blancas National Park was formed in the 1990s, the Costa Rican government banned new development.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • The ministry’s statement was responding to remarks Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar Rivera made in an interview with the Herald.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Undeniable is the sense of momentum and yearning for stability of an exciting new generation of Costa Rican directors, often women, scoring selection at A-list festivals.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • The deportation flights began in April, and by early June the country had received 149 people on seven flights, according to the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Costa Rican authorities have issued a nationwide green alert, warning that an intensifying rainy season and a developing Pacific low-pressure system threaten to trigger even more catastrophic landslides.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

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