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Figaro

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A scheming Spanish barber who appears as a character in eighteenth-century French plays. The operas The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and The Barber of Seville, by Gioacchino Rossini, are about Figaro.

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Meanwhile, in the pages of French daily Le Figaro, 2010 Fields Medallist Cedric Villani, a strong critic of AI, took inspiration from the TV detective Columbo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rumours of a love affair have been circulating since January when the pair were seen together at an event in Paris to mark the 200th anniversary of Le Figaro newspaper.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

He joined Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal in 2002 after three years at French dailies Le Figaro and les Echos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Sansal is a contender to replace the late lawyer and writer Jean-Denis Bredin as a lifelong member known as an "immortal", Le Figaro daily revealed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

A letter to Le Figaro had even specifically called for the investigation to focus on the workers who had put the Mona Lisa behind glass.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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