piece de resistance
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France looked effortlessly cool throughout in the sweltering Seville heat - the piece de resistance of that all-timer of a home kit.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
It is lovely over a salad, atop avocado toast, or — of course — in Eggs Benedict, arguably the piece de resistance of poached egg dishes.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023
She returns for the piece de resistance — the pas de deux of the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier, with its dramatic soaring lifts and fish dives.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
His arrival in an already crowded class of Trojan transfers could prove to be the piece de resistance of Riley’s offseason overhaul.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022
If the piece de resistance is a turkey, white and dark meat and a portion of dressing are placed on each plate; gravy and the vegetables, then cranberry or currant jelly, are passed.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
But the pièce de résistance of her spooky spread?
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
If you want to buy a Birkin bag, the pièce de résistance from the French luxury retailer Hermès, you should know that you probably can’t.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
Young’s Lutiebelle confrontation with Sanders’ Cotchipee is the production’s pièce de résistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
As the pièce de résistance, velvet pumpkins spill out of delicate soup tureens at each place setting.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
They had practised it carefully beforehand, and considered it the pièce de résistance of the evening.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
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