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Val d'Or

American  
[val dawr] / val ˈdɔr /

noun

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


Example Sentences

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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

Then came a big gap in the charging network on the road 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

Every day for weeks, pilgrims by the scores and hundreds have trudged to a grotto a few miles outside the gold-mining town of Val d'Or.

From Time Magazine Archive

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