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Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson gave Canada a deserved lead in the ninth minute only for Floran Douay to fire France level seconds later.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

On Bienville’s left is Father Athanase Douay, the monk who accompanied the explorer on his expedition.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020

One of the most interesting documents is an Osage translation of the Douay Rheims Bible, an early English version used by the Jesuits during the 1800s.

From Washington Times • May 21, 2017

One of the things that may happen is forecast in the Douay translation of Ecclesiastes 5:10�"Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them."

From Time Magazine Archive

On the morning of the 8th August, a bridge was thrown over the Scheldt at Neuville, and sixty squadrons passed over, which barred the road from Douay.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various