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chevalier

[shev-uh-leer, shuh-val-yey, -vahl-] / ˌʃɛv əˈlɪər, ʃəˈvæl yeɪ, -ˈvɑl- /


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“Oh my gosh, we’ve been waiting for him to make shots,” Chevalier said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

He’s all about winning, and Sierra Canyon coach Andre Chevalier was grateful Adams decided to inject himself immediately against the Wolverines.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Chevalier is again impossible not to cheer, but Hopkins—who the following year starred in one of Lubitsch’s greatest pictures, “Trouble in Paradise”—nearly steals the movie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The adaptation retained the 18th-century setting and the central plot: The teenage siren Manon, on her way to a convent, runs off with a smitten young aristocrat, the Chevalier Des Grieux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Later accounts by Oppenheimer, Chevalier, and Eltenton leave no doubt that Oppenheimer instantly and heatedly turned away the offer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik