Vauxhall
Britishnoun
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a district in London, on the south bank of the Thames
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Also called: Vauxhall Gardens. a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
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Tancredo Bankhardt, 41, had been at the wheel of a Vauxhall Astra which was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the A146 near Loddon, Norfolk, in September 2025.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
On the day of the incident, she said she became stressed after Alun Jones parked his black Vauxhall outside her home.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The 87-year-old was driving a red Dacia Sandero which collided with a blue Vauxhall Astra at about 10:40 on Saturday on the A92 north of Rathillet.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The Sex Pistols’ songs are no more discordant than, say, ‘Lovely yet ungrateful swain’, a Vauxhall Gardens song of Johann Christian Bach.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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