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Beauvais

American

[boh-vey, boh-ve] / boʊˈveɪ, boʊˈvɛ /

noun

a city in and the capital of Oise, in NW France: 13th-century cathedral.

Beauvais British

/ bovɛ /

noun

a market town in N France, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Paris. Pop: 55 392 (1999)

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Actress and producer Garcelle Beauvais made a dramatic exit from the series after six seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Disruption is expected to worsen at French airports on Friday, with 40% fewer flights from the Paris airports at Charles de Gaulle, Orla and Beauvais.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

But she told Beauvais and Richards that her dad was so “out of it” the last day she saw him that he didn’t put his hand out for her as she left the room.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

Stracke invited her bestie Garcelle Beauvais and Richards along with her to visit her 82-year-old mother, Reba, who is essentially a lab-made amalgamation of every Southern matriarch from a stage drama about buried family trauma.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

At the time the people of nearby Amiens, Beauvais, and Rouen were building new cathedrals.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

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