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chateau

[sha-toh, shah-toh] / ʃæˈtoʊ, ʃɑˈtoʊ /


château


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I’m happy Phillipe is not around to see the digital renderings of what they plan to erect once they demolish the Taix chateau: another condo building with all the charm of a college dorm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

A helicopter then carried the couple to a rented chateau.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Between 1774 and 1785, Marie Antoinette redesigned the house and gardens of Le Petit Trianon, a satellite chateau of Versailles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

As with the chateau in Season 1, Castello Rosato is not a Vanderpump property.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025

That night I dreamt that I was at a costume ball in an eighteenth-century French chateau, with huge crystal chandeliers above my head.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

After making Venice her primary residence, Caland collaborated with architect Neil Kaufman on the design for her enclosed château.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Phil Liggett may have to start giving château tours in the middle of the telecast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Even at the turn of the century, schools typically were not erected on such prime real estate, but the building originally was intended to be a luxury hotel designed to invoke a French château.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Established as an inn that served the lords of King Henry III, it became known as the Hostellerie de la Tour d’Argent, or silver tower, after an adjacent château that was built of silvery stone.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

They've reserved two rooms for the week at the Saint James Paris, an exclusive château hotel.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

When Lee started to feel sick at Medoc, she skipped a few of the châteaus and drank water instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

It reached its zenith during the Rococo and Neoclassical periods, gracing the interiors of palaces, châteaus and grand estates.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

“If the châteaus are offering wine that I don’t have, I’ll pay a little more to know that it’s sat in their cellar all these years,” Devine said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2020

Cove wants to see how these faux châteaus affect woodrats’ chances of becoming a cat’s dinner.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2020

Meanwhile, seventy-two châteaus have flamed aloft in the Maçonnais and Beaujolais alone.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Peasants burned châteaux and records of the dues they owed local nobles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

In June, Stayton was shepherding students to châteaux Lafite, Mouton, and Margaux as part of a new partnership with France’s Kedge school.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2018

In the next bay were the red and white wines, all French—great châteaux such as Cheval Blanc, Latour, Margaux, and Palmer.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017

Huge profits in store for firm that can make a great leap in battery technology Chargers, châteaux and the Channel Tunnel: can you really do a driving holiday in a Tesla?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016

There were some fine photographs of the châteaux of the Loire, and an article as well.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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