piece de resistance
Example Sentences
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France looked effortlessly cool throughout in the sweltering Seville heat - the piece de resistance of that all-timer of a home kit.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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
You'll be able to master the piece de resistance of the Thanksgiving tablescape before you know it.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
Ermotti may need to persuade Switzerland's authorities that UBS should keep "the piece de resistance," Credit Suisse's domestic bank, said Porta's Wittmann.
From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2023
To quoits was added the inducement of an excellent repast of which roast pig was the piece de resistance.
From John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court by Corwin, Edward Samuel
