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tour de force

[toor duh fawrs, -fohrs, toor duh fawrs] / ˌtʊər də ˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs, tur də ˈfɔrs /


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The victory over the three-time Champions League winners, who are sitting pretty atop Serie A, continued Bodo's surprise tour de force in the competition.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

But it was a tour de force from the NFL’s No. 1 destroyers of offense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

He's the only artist with album of the year nominations for five consecutive releases, and GNX is a snappy, crowd-pleasing tour de force.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Sarah Snook is the presumed front-runner in the lead actress in a play race for her solo tour de force in the multimedia extravaganza version of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

The Talking Robot was a tour de force, a thoroughly impractical device, possessing publicity value only.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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