palais
Americannoun
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palais
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His fall/winter 2017 runway show unfolded around a life-size rocket that just nudged the atrium of the grand palais, as if it was ready to break the ceiling.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2017
The palais is a manic fusion of biblical characters, animal gatherings, Egyptian tombs, stucco arches, grottos, fairies, fountains, popular sayings and classical columns.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016
"There was the Comtesse de Breteuil who was very chic. And there was John Paul Getty Junior and his wife Talitha who had a wonderful palais in the medina. "They all became close friends.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2016
He came from a musical background; his grandfather led a brass band and his father played in brass bands and ran a palais band.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013
In 1830 he told the writer the King had, that morning, said, that some about him called the General a "maire du palais."
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
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