Pontoise
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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All three defendants are set to appear at a court in Pontoise, near Paris on Wednesday following a trial in March.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Then, earlier this month, a seven-year-old girl called Kenya was playing with a friend on a basketball court in Pontoise, northwest of Paris, when they were knocked down by an 18-year-old biker.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022
Judge Dominique Andréassier of the court in Pontoise, northwest of Paris, ordered the American carrier to pay a fine of $265,000.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2010
Near Pontoise, France, ghouls tunneled into the tomb of munitioneer Sir Basil Zaharos, pried open the mahogany casket of his wife, supposedly in search of jewels falsely reported to have been buried with her corpse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The engine-driver, to save the train, had, with terrible risk to the passengers, pushed on at a frightful speed to the pompe d'incendie of Pontoise.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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