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foudre

American  
[foo-druh] / ˈfu drə /

noun

French.
foudres plural
  1. a large cask for maturing, storing, and transporting wine.


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Can a muralist and product designer infographic his way into telling a compelling love story, from coup de foudre to coeur brisé?

From Washington Post Jan. 31, 2023

Or all at once, in a coup de foudre, a lightning strike of, “Hey, this is my town!”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

Mr. Rogers and his wife also parted ways when, in a coup de foudre in the early 1970s, he fell in love with Ruth Elias, an American book designer and later a chef.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2021

Reluctantly, he takes on the case of Vanessa: for the first time, of course, he actually falls, coup de foudre.

From The Guardian Jun. 26, 2010

Do you not feel that a coup de foudre, that love at first sight, originates in quite a different field, namely, in that of the emotions?

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

He ages the wine in foudres, big old barrels of French and Slavonian oak.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2019

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