Vaux
Americannoun
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The collection was unveiled at an elaborate event at the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, just outside Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
Natural History evolved from a cross-and-square design devised in the 1870s by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
“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
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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