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Val d'Or

American  
[val dawr] / val ˈdɔr /

noun

  1. a city in SW Quebec, in S Canada.


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There are fast chargers at regular intervals along the highway leading to Val d’Or, the city where I stayed.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2022

There is a gap of about 150 miles along Route 117, the highway I would take to Val d’Or.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2022

Kraken defenseman Jeremy Lauzon, born in the northern Quebec mining town of Val d’Or, also had his immediate family and friends drive down for the game and other relatives from Montreal planning to come.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2022

“All of the Quebec people follow their team religiously,” said Kraken defenseman Jeremy Lauzon, raised in the remote mining city of Val d’Or some 300 miles northwest of Montreal.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2021

Pierrette's father, a Val d'Or clerk, has been fearful that his daughter's fame would spread too fast, that his family would incur the wrath of the Church.*

From Time Magazine Archive

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