Vaux
Americannoun
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Trainer Willie Mullins claimed a historic 100th Cheltenham Festival victory as his son Patrick won the Champion Bumper on Jasmin De Vaux.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024
As a native New Yorker, I have long cherished Central Park, which Olmsted shaped with his partner Calvert Vaux after winning a design competition in 1857.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022
“It doesn’t even make sense, because if you’re going to develop a nuclear weapon, you don’t do your secret development in a nuclear power plant,” Vaux said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022
An Aberdeen native, Vaux has spent more than a decade working in economic development in both North and South Dakota, most recently in the Fargo-Moorhead metro area.
From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2018
Caught by surprise, as Falkenhayn had planned, and overwhelmed by the enemy’s numbers and firepower, the French began to fall back as the Germans advanced toward the key forts of Vaux and Douaumont.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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