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bastille

[ba-steel, bas-tee-yuh] / bæˈstil, basˈti jə /










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These menswear staples—basics but for their deep social coding—are equally common in Tokyo’s Harajuku or Paris’s Bastille or even in the provincial towns of Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Macron notably made Trump the guest of Bastille Day celebrations in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The restaurant is housed at the Consulat Voltaire, an old electricity sub-station turned cultural centre, in the 11th district of Paris near the place de la Bastille.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

Britain's Simon Yates won stage 10 of the Tour de France on Bastille Day as Ben Healy became the first Irish rider to claim the yellow jersey for 38 years.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

In July 1789, Parisians stormed the Bastille, the hated prison where the king locked up anyone he disliked.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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