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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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Anderson said Abrahams was "vitally important" to the band's early line-up and developed his musical ideas into a "tour de force display of his instrumental talents for the rest of his performing days".

From BBC

A tour de force that sent the Dodgers to the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times

Welcome to the Mayhem Ball, a magnificent and operatic tour de force; that pitches the star's inner angels and demons in a fight for her very soul.

From BBC

But he didn’t stop there, offering an analysis of judicial precedent that was a moral tour de force.

From Salon

Sarah Snook is the presumed front-runner in the lead actress in a play race for her solo tour de force in the multimedia extravaganza version of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

From Los Angeles Times