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Benoît

American  
[buh-nwa] / bəˈnwa /

noun

  1. Pierre (or Peter) Léonard Léopold 1834–1901, Belgian composer.


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In Marseille, Socialist Mayor Benoît Payan faces a tough challenge from the RN, and in Lyon, Green incumbent Grégory Doucet is predicted to lose against businessman Jean-Michel Aulas, former boss of Olympique Lyonnais football club.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Benoît Morenne is a reporter covering fracking companies and the natural-gas export industry for The Wall Street Journal in Houston.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“There are deadly consequences anytime access to sexual and reproductive health care is restricted,” Avril Benoît, CEO of MSF, said.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

"The results of our study are part of a growing trend to integrate advanced technologies into agriculture to achieve sustainability goals," resumes Benoît Mercatoris, co-author of the study and agronomy researcher at ULiège.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024

On March 11 an explosion shook the house on Boulevard Saint-Germain, in which lived M. Benoît, the judge who had presided in August, 1891, at the trial of Decamps at Levallois.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

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