< Medieval Latin Franc ( us ) a Frank, a Frenchman + -o-
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"This is something historic, we've had a border fence since 1908," says Juan Franco, the mayor of La Línea de la Concepción, who is keen to underline the local economic dependence on the British territory.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Their meetings were formal and never exceeded 45 minutes; Franco declined to host a Bulgarian government in exile on Spanish soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"It's a legend," said Franco Gaudino, 52, speaking to AFP as he took part in the Roman event with his club from La Louviere, in Belgium.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
According to Pitchbook analyst Franco Granda, SpaceX has leased out some 73% of the existing capacity at its Colossus I and Colossus II data-center complexes and half of planned capacity to Google and Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I’ll let you be the first to know,” Father Franco said.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
In 1627, Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister to King Louis XIII, provided a spiritual justification for Franco- Indian partnerships in the Ordonnance of 1627.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
France would at last get even for the Franco- Prussian War.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The monument, erected in 1941 to commemorate the Franco- Thai War, is a major traffic intersection northeast of the city center, and a stop on Bangkok’s elevated railway network known as the skytrain.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 6, 2011
No details of these conferences were given, but it was reported that the foundations of Franco- Czech military and commercial accord were laid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Subsequently he went through the Franco- Italian campaign of 1859 as the war-correspondent of the Times, being present at the battle of Solferino.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
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