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- noun Plural form of
TGV .
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Examples
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The first train, based on the third generation of TGVs, was delivered on 10 October 1991.
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That compares to TGVs, which, I believe, operate at a top speed of around 170 mph.
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By 2025 we STILL won't have rapid transit serving 75% of Seattle .... while over there having built massive systems of trains at every level they will have added TGVs everywhere.
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Change in mechanical things – from Olympia typewriters to Apples, from Puffing Billys to TGVs – is one easy thing.
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The French routinely run their electric high-speed TGVs to cities that do not have electrified high-speed service.
Matthew Yglesias » Boehner Slams Mythical Vegas HSR Project, Ignores Ohio Rail Opportunity 2009
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Together the sites—all accessible by Metro, commuter rail, or France's high-speed TGVs (Train à Grande Vitesse), which travel at speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour—trace the history of France from the reign of King Louis VI ("The Fat") through the French Revolution and into the post-Napoleonic age.
Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011
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Together the sites—all accessible by Metro, commuter rail, or France's high-speed TGVs (Train à Grande Vitesse), which travel at speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour—trace the history of France from the reign of King Louis VI ("The Fat") through the French Revolution and into the post-Napoleonic age.
Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011
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Inutile de dire que je suis ravie de rentrer à Lausanne en train depuis Paris, et que j'espère que les grèves continueront à ne pas avoir d'influences sur les TGVs à destination de la Suisse!
Berlin, Belgrade: Two Contrasting Airport Experiences — Climb to the Stars 2007
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Inutile de dire que je suis ravie de rentrer à Lausanne en train depuis Paris, et que j'espère que les grèves continueront à ne pas avoir d'influences sur les TGVs à destination de la Suisse!
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In fact, I ride TGVs fairly often, and I don't think it was too much different than the kind of ride you get on a normal TGV.
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