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foudre

American  
[foo-druh] / ˈfu drə /

noun

French.
  • foudres
    plural
  1. a large cask for maturing, storing, and transporting wine.


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Can a muralist and product designer infographic his way into telling a compelling love story, from coup de foudre to coeur brisé?

From Washington Post Jan. 31, 2023

Or all at once, in a coup de foudre, a lightning strike of, “Hey, this is my town!”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

The artistic and emotional coup de foudre that follows dramatically disrupts Hare’s marriage.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2015

The words "coup de foudre" appear in the text.

From The Guardian Jul. 9, 2011

Florian made for him with a "Comapulation smash! foudre de Dieu!" but Caspar hauled him back, and Constantine was shrewd enough to interfere as a peacemaker.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach

He ages the wine in foudres, big old barrels of French and Slavonian oak.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2019

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