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
It is lovely over a salad, atop avocado toast, or — of course — in Eggs Benedict, arguably the piece de resistance of poached egg dishes.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023
But the piece de resistance must have been the giant mustard toggle shoes that looked like the hooves of a horse but could equally have come from the set of a “Star Wars” planetary village.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
The table was heaped with Mrs. Doctor's delicacies but the piece de resistance was undoubtedly the big platter of sea trout.
From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Their fated romance is the final piece of the puzzle, the pièce de résistance that helps De Palma’s film rise above the other thrillers of its ilk.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The resulting set, in many ways, is the production’s pièce de résistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
But the pièce de résistance of her spooky spread?
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
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
In the Commons the trouble on the Clyde was the pièce de résistance.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
