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
The informal palais de justice was run by a softly-spoken former jihadi fighter with a long grey beard called Abdesslam Sharif.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2013
Once a popular resort suburb with a palais and funfair, Semaphore has a faded charm that is now apparently attracting a hip crowd.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2010
The crisis brought about in France by Marshal MacMahon's coup de palais of May 16, 1877, has thrown the country just four years back.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
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