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Figaro

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  1. A scheming Spanish barber who appears as a character in eighteenth-century French plays. The operas The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and The Barber of Seville, by Gioacchino Rossini, are about Figaro.


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Meanwhile, in the pages of French daily Le Figaro, 2010 Fields Medallist Cedric Villani, a strong critic of AI, took inspiration from the TV detective Columbo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

French newspaper Le Figaro reported Kavinsky had been complaining of headaches for several days, and authorities think he may have had a stroke.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

He joined Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal in 2002 after three years at French dailies Le Figaro and les Echos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

"It’s been a fairly conservative season, without any incredible propositions," Matthieu Morge Zucconi, head of men’s fashion at France's Le Figaro newspaper, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

A letter to Le Figaro had even specifically called for the investigation to focus on the workers who had put the Mona Lisa behind glass.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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