Chartres
Americannoun
noun
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One of the most famous images, Robert Capa's The Shaved Woman of Chartres, shows a young mother walking through a jeering crowd with a swastika painted on her forehead.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The Portuguese design genius for mixing the pious with playfully overelaborated touches reaches its apotheosis at this Unesco World Heritage site—Portugal’s equivalent of France’s monumental Cathedral of Chartres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
This particular one was modeled after the labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral and dedicated to John-Roger after his death.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
The investment, for which no detail was provided by Macron's office, will be based in Chartres, west of Paris, where Novo already employs nearly 2,000 people.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023
As Patrolman Mancuso walked down Chartres rubbing his cheek, which still smarted from the slap, he heard what seemed to be an explosion.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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