Jacques
Americannoun
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"Today, the public authorities are quite happy a private company is doing the job, perhaps in their place," said Jacques Goisque, head of the FF3C trade association that represents a thousand independent service stations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Photoshop him into a 2005 summit meeting alongside Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Jacques Chirac, and he’d fit right in.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The brainchild of French interior designer Jacques Grange, an area regular for 30 years, the development spans 35 hillside acres overlooking the Atlantic and Carvalhal’s rice fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Tim Jacques, the government's Independent Prevent Commissioner, said greater awareness about the scheme "isn't a bad thing", but "the system wasn't set up for the problem it's currently dealing with".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Over the years, wordsmiths from Noah Webster to Jacques Barzun have suggested that maybe we should ditch Choose one: The girl that married dear old Dad or The girl who married dear old Dad.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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