Both Uses of
establish
in
Always Running
- In East L.A.'s Garfield High, Chicano students established an after-school study circle to become intellectually engaged and politically active based on what they learned from the book.†
Chpt Intr. *
- The suspension came after a school fight which involved a war between "Insanes" and "Maniacs," two factions of the "Folks" ("Folks" are those gangs allied with the Spanish Cobras and Gangster Disciples; the "People" are gangs tied to the Latin Kings and Vice Lords, symbolic of the complicated structures most inner-city gangs had come to establish).†
Chpt Pref.
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place