Vichy
Americannoun
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a city in central France: provisional capital of unoccupied France 1940–1942; hot springs.
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(often lowercase) vichy water.
noun
Example Sentences
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A sprint finish was expected on Wednesday, a flat 161.3km route from Vichy to Nevers, and Cees Bol made the first move as the peloton rolled into the final 500m after catching the day's breakaway.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
She gives insufficient weight to the suspicions that surround Stein and Toklas’s conduct during the Vichy regime that came into being following the German Occupation of France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
In “The Great Yes,” Kentridge turns to a creaky old cargo ship smelling of rotted oranges that sailed from Marseille to Martinique in 1941 overcrowded with some 300 passengers escaping Vichy France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
They hadn’t got any Evian or Vichy, which seems queer to me.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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