piece de resistance
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The opening four minutes of “Up,” the wordless montage depicting Carl and Ellie’s life together, is often cited as Pixar’s pièce de résistance of heartbreak.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
The resulting set, in many ways, is the production’s pièce de résistance.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
As the pièce de résistance, she harnessed herself to a Chevy Silverado — which itself was attached to a food truck trailer — and dragged it 40 feet in 40 seconds.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
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
The picture of which we are speaking is the pièce de résistance of the Grodonoff gallery.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
