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trois

American  
[trwah] / trwɑ /

noun

French.
  1. the number 3.


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The willowy soloist Chloe Misseldine, spooky, alienlike and ever-improving as another new Myrta — her attitude position and leaps are heavenly — was also stunning in the pas de trois in “Swan Lake.”

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Their break has been good news for their sponsors but there little hope of a stage win for les trois amis.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2018

Thomas’ mixed-media work “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: Les trois femmes noires,” for example, is 24 feet across and serves as the grand finale of the exhibition.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2018

There was also Mälkki's imaginative presentation of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Cello Concerto, which featured exotic instrumentation and a pas de trois with three dancers choreographed by Tero Saarinen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2018

She approaches Werner for a second time, her lips working softly, counting to herself— deux trois quatre—coming so close he can count the freckles on her nose, smell the loaf of bread in her knapsack.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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