piece de resistance
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But this was O'Neill's piece de resistance - his moment, his day.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Welcome to Earth One, the piece de resistance at CalEarth, an educational campus and nonprofit organization in Hesperia that, for the last three decades, has championed a building style known as the SuperAdobe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
You'll be able to master the piece de resistance of the Thanksgiving tablescape before you know it.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
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
Consequently, about the time the piece de resistance made its appearance, she threw caution to the winds and adverted to the subject closest to her heart.
From The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
But the pièce de résistance of her spooky spread?
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
However, the pièce de résistance of the lounge is an outdoor patio at the very back of the space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
As the pièce de résistance, she harnessed herself to a Chevy Silverado — which itself was attached to a food truck trailer — and dragged it 40 feet in 40 seconds.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
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
Then came a protracted duet between the two birds, which was the pièce de résistance of the whole performance.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies
