Mirabeau
Americannoun
noun
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Moments later, with tires cooler, Hamilton locked up as he snaked past Fairmont Hotel and wedged into the barriers at Mirabeau.
From Washington Times • May 27, 2023
After Texas seceded from Mexico in 1836, Mirabeau Lamar, who presided over the independent republic in 1838, reversed an appeasement policy toward Native Americans enacted by his predecessor, Sam Houston.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2021
She moved to New Orleans, where she settled into the motherhouse — the order’s principal convent — called Mirabeau.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2020
Boehner found himself playing the role of Count Mirabeau, or, perhaps, Alexander Kerensky, a reformer rapidly outflanked by genuine revolutionaries.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 25, 2015
Her father, who was the grandson of the vicomte de Mirabeau and great-nephew of the orator, served in the Papal Zouaves, and died during the campaign of 1860.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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