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Alps

[alps] / ælps /


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They have traded places like London, the French Riviera and the Swiss Alps for new destinations such as the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

G7 heads of state will meet in Evian in the French Alps in mid-June.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He talks about a trip he took one summer to the French Alps doing research with artisan cheese makers.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The cataract of Saint-Jean-les-Eaux plunged between pinnacles of rock at the eastern end of a spur of the Alps, and the generating station clung to the side of the mountain above it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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