Béziers
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Once a self-proclaimed “world capital of wine” that supplied cheap but decent vintages, Béziers lost its wealth when it became a primary target of European efforts to limit overproduction of wine in the 1980s.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
“The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer — a group I now belong to,” said Mondabric, the Le Pen voter in Béziers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
And his rally in the small southern town of Béziers made an unsettling image for France's far-right leader, Marine Le Pen.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2021
It was organized by a Catholic activist group and held in Béziers, a southern town whose famously provocative mayor, Robert Ménard, warmly welcomed the attendees.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2017
One of the first victims was the young and gallant Viscount of Béziers, who, the same author assures us, was a good Catholic, but whose lands and towns the rapacious horde lusted to acquire.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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