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La Grande

American  
[luh grand] / lə ˈgrænd /

noun

  1. a town in NE Oregon.


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Along the riverside path, cyclists rode with the wind and a trio of young filmmakers recorded pigeons fluttering around “La Grande Fenêtre,” a 1974 abstract work at the Outdoor Sculpture Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sunday in the Park with George was inspired by French painter Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in which a fictional version of the artist is consumed by his work.

From BBC

His works include 1930s classic "La Grande Illusion", following two French prisoners of war trying to escape German captivity during World War I.

From Barron's

While I still experiment with la grande cuisine, as Julia Child invited us to do every now and then, on those rare weekend occasions I cook for two or three, not 10 or more.

From Salon

The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape.

From Salon