Barras
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That year, he married Anne Barras, a student at Hunter College.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
The politician Paul Barras isn’t too awful by comparison, though awful more or less describes the waste of an actor as good as Tahar Rahim in a role this underimagined.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
“You’ve been working hard to eradicate them on one side, and then you could get a left hook from them on the other side,” Barras said.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022
Reeta Fashions is another Barras institution, outfitting the brides of Glasgow for the past 70 years.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2021
The government entrusted its defence to Barras; but its true man of action was young General Bonaparte, who could dispose of a few thousand regular troops and a powerful artillery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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