Beaumarchais
Americannoun
noun
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Even after access to his social media platform was cut off by the provider, Beaumarchais is accused of creating another account under a similar social media handle, according to prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022
“Tarare,” which has a libretto by Pierre Beaumarchais, dares to show the overthrow of a despot.
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019
The quote from Beaumarchais, “I laugh at everything in order not to cry,” projected on the scrim at the start, should be a mantra for today’s opera composers: Write more comedies!
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018
“This port was crucial for the American Revolution; Beaumarchais transported arms to the American war effort.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2017
He told Deane to meet secretly with one of the best-known characters in Paris, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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