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Grenoble

American  
[gruh-noh-buhl, gruh-naw-bluh] / grəˈnoʊ bəl, grəˈnɔ blə /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Isère, in SE France.


Grenoble British  
/ ɡrəˈnəʊbəl, ɡrənɔblə /

noun

  1. a city in SE France, on the Isère River: university (1339). Pop: 153 317 (1999)

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The team crystallized the enzyme and studied it at the Institut de Biologie Structurale in Grenoble, France.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Schuss was created on an overnight deadline for the 1968 winter games in Grenoble, France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

The injury happened while Sam Davies, 32, was playing for Grenoble in January, and despite heavy bleeding, he continued playing.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

Sailer won the downhill, giant slalom and slalom races at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, a feat repeated by Killy at the 1968 Grenoble Games.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Champollion Figeac has given a very minute description of this extremely rare, and perhaps unique, volume, the only known copy of which is in the public library of Grenoble.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Francis Douce

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