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Borel

American  
[baw-rel, buh-, baw-rel] / bɔˈrɛl, bə-, bɔˈrɛl /

noun

  1. Félix Édouard Émile 1871–1956, French mathematician.


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For Borel, the case grew even stranger a few days after the heist, when a man approached him at the inn’s bar.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Borel, a congenial 39-year-old whose family owns the inn in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, thought their request to see the wine collection was strange, but he led them downstairs anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Borel first tried the domaine’s namesake wine when he was 23 and traveling through France.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Borel yelled as he charged down the inn’s driveway after the man and woman running to their getaway car.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Borel believed that visitors from outer space had already arrived; not little green men, but birds of paradise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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