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  • On June 4, Christie's auctioned off one of the most desirable Isotta-Fraschini models, a 1930 8AS Boattail convertible, at the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance car show in Connecticut "concours" is French for "contest".

    The Forgotten Luxury Car 2006

  • Such automotive beauty pageants, known by the French name concours d'elegance, started during the years between World Wars.

    Wired Top Stories Peter Orosz 2011

  • To land a job at the European Commission, you first have to take the admission exams, known as the concours , in a second language.

    No English-Only Exams For Would-Be Eurocrats Frances Robinson 2011

  • Kikly will be showing the car at the concours, which is featuring the cars of Walter P. Chrysler as well as Alfa Romeo.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

  • Many thanks to Jackie for taking the "concours" photos of Braise et moi.

    concours - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Many thanks to Jackie for taking the "concours" photos of Braise et moi.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Many thanks to Jackie for taking the "concours" photos of Braise et moi.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Many thanks to Jackie for taking the "concours" photos of Braise et moi.

    concours - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Understand that these dreams are on the eve of being realized; two months more, and in December or January I pass the 'concours' for the central bureau, which will make me a physician of the hospitals, and at the same time the one for the admission, which opens the Faculty of Medicine to me.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Saniel passed the first proofs of his two 'concours' so brilliantly that the results of either were not doubtful.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Significantly, “hors concours” often identifies works that are overqualified and therefore disqualified.

    La Marchande d’Amour : The Commodification of Flesh and Paint | SEQUITUR. we follow art 2023

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