leger
noun
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leger
1 American
[lej-er]
/ ˈlɛdʒ ər /
noun
Angling.
Léger
2
American
[ley-zhey]
/ leɪˈʒeɪ /
Léger
British
/ leʒe /
noun
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The benefit side of the leger for mega-events is typically split into two categories: The immediate economic boost from the Games and the long-term utility of Olympic projects.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2021
As the story fizzled out, the leger lines having been down for some little time, I thought, and not without reason, that I saw the point of my rod trembling.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
It was easy to understand, that if they desired peace upon so frivolous a pretext, they would plunge into war with the same frivolity—with a "coeur leger."
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
If there be a faker, I hope he appreciates my sympathetic estimate of his knowledge, assiduity, and skill in leger de main.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Andrew Lang
This was done and with immediate effect, for our leger lines had scarcely reposed to their mission on the river's bed before both rods were wagging their heads.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
“I wouldn’t be chasing that,” said Talley Léger, chief market strategist at the Wealth Consulting Group, noting that any pickup in consumer sentiment based on a reaccelerating economy could crush gold prices.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026
“He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger dresses and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry,” Lizza wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
Yet here were dozens of works each by Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger and Juan Gris, most of them created during a short period in the early 20th century, nearly all of them masterpieces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Mr Tryner said Bettina Shaw-Lawrence had been a well-regarded artist herself and initially attended art classes by the painter Fernand Léger in 1938.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
At Boissy-Saint Léger we halted whilst the British, Austrian, and Swiss representatives interviewed the general in command there.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
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