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puissance

[pyoo-uh-suhns, pyoo-is-uhns, pwis-uhns] / ˈpyu ə səns, pyuˈɪs əns, ˈpwɪs əns /


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Maher won the Christmas Cracker and Christmas Puissance on Thursday, although the latter does not count towards the leading rider race.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2012

Maher took his day's earnings past £10,000 by capturing the Alltech Christmas Puissance title.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2012

Après la déclaration de l'Ambassadeur d'Allemagne à St.-Pétersbourg concernant la mobilisation allemande, ces rapports avaient changé et sa demande avait reçu de Votre part la seule réponse que pouvait donner une grande Puissance.

From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History

Fortunately his manuscripts had been preserved, and extracts were appended to a reprint of his Puissance motrice by his brother, L.H.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

It intoxicated him to hear this tenor with Tamburini, Lablache, and Madame Grisi; while Nourrit's song, Ce Rameau qui donne la Puissance et l'Immortalite in Robert le Diable made his flesh creep.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick




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