Perche
Americannoun
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Armand Duplantis improved his own men's pole vault world record to 6.27m at the All Star Perche event in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025
Duplantis improved his best vault by one centimetre with a clearance at 6.22m at the indoor All Star Perche meeting in France in February, beating the mark he set in winning world gold last year.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023
"She was not at all snobbish," says American academic Anne Hall, who lives in the Perche region and has made a study of the du Mauriers' French connection.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022
Following a long love affair with France, the couple became permanent residents in 2003 and had been remodeling a stone farmhouse that dates from the 1700s in the Perche area of Normandy.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2014
His first wife was the Countess of Perche; his second, Leverunia, grand-daughter of Leofric.
From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
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