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tour de force

[toor duh fawrs, -fohrs, toor duh fawrs] / ˌtʊər də ˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs, tur də ˈfɔrs /


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The show, which justly received the Tony for best musical revival contained perhaps the season’s most seismic tour de force.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The victory over the three-time Champions League winners, who are sitting pretty atop Serie A, continued Bodo's surprise tour de force in the competition.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

But it was a tour de force from the NFL’s No. 1 destroyers of offense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

David Galperin, head of contemporary art at Sotheby's New York, said: "America is Maurizio Cattelan's tour de force."

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

The Talking Robot was a tour de force, a thoroughly impractical device, possessing publicity value only.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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