Vauxhall
Britishnoun
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a district in London, on the south bank of the Thames
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Also called: Vauxhall Gardens. a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
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Tancredo Bankhardt, 41, had been at the wheel of a Vauxhall Astra which was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the A146 near Loddon, Norfolk, in September 2025.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Nottinghamshire Police said one man suffered life-threatening injuries and remained critically ill in hospital after he was hit by a Vauxhall Astra in Market Place, Arnold, at about 01:10 BST on Saturday.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
The man sending these messages was Ben Gunnery, 46, a successful violinist from Vauxhall, London, who has performed all over the world.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Though the gentleman is a Scot, there was none of the Caledonian in his speech, but instead the easy air of Whitehall, Saint James’s Palace, and Vauxhall.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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