gala

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Rubio, whose travels as the top US diplomat have been swift and business-like, will visit four Indian cities starting Saturday and attend a gala reception in New Delhi for the 250th anniversary of US independence.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Before each gala premiere, the hotel hosts what it calls the cortège, or procession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

CANNES, France — On the second night of the Cannes Film Festival, director Thierry Frémaux introduced a gala presentation of a film he hailed as an example of “le cinema universal” and “un classique.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The invitation-only gala, which benefits The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, began in 1948 as a fundraiser that marked the Institute’s annual spring fashion exhibition and was attended primarily by high-society museum patrons.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Curls of ticker tape in the national colors coiled along the yardsticks of our gala dinner.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck