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concours

[kawn-koor, kong-koor] / kɔ̃ˈkur, kɒŋˈkʊər /




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I judge concours events myself around the U.S. and Canada, so I knew that this BMW was not ready.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

“Someone said to me, ‘We hope they don’t Hagertize everything,’” said Ken Gross, a veteran automotive writer, top-tier concours judge and museum curator.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

“I think of my life,” Justus Rosenberg once told an interviewer, “as what the French call concours de circonstances — a confluence of circumstances.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

“It’s a serious collection,” said Peter Hageman, a Kirkland-based car collector, dealer and concours judge specializing in Bentleys.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018

The sculptured groups would be received any day hors concours in the Salons for their technique only.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)




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