Rambouillet
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- noun
- /ˌræm.buˈjeɪ/
- Specialized
- All three of them are clearly dependent on the wills and whims of the 'international community,' and, as we have seen in Dayton and later in Rambouillet, they behaved, at least in this phase of the conflict resolution process, like classical client states.
Examples
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The KLA's refusal to sign the Rambouillet agreement in the first round of talks in February let the NATO alliance off the moral hook and should have been used as an opportunity to step back.
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In February 1999, as the Rambouillet summit convened, Pew found that only one in nine Americans said they followed news about Kosovo "very closely."
Academic text (2000) -
It would be more secure to decamp to Rambouillet... - ...twice the distance from Paris.
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And you the duchess of rambouillet, and you the daughter of the emperor of bratislava, and, uh... oh, the rest of you can sort it out amongst yourselves.
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At Rambouillet, the United States and its allies proposed terms threatening Milosevic with loss of Serbian control over Kosovo and its 90 percent Albanian-speaking majority following a referendum to be held after three years.
Academic text (1999) -
Little grazes 4,000 Targhee, Columbia, and Rambouillet ewes and their lambs on several hundred thousand acres of public rangeland.
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The connection between a particular event (Iraq's invasion of Kuwait or Serbia's rejection of the Rambouillet agreement) and an American interest may involve a long causal chain.
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There, they are evaluating two flocks of sheep representing four breeds—Suffolk, Columbia, Hampshire, and Rambouillet—for traits of economic importance to producers.
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The farmer decided to raise Rambouillet sheep for their fine wool and quality mutton.
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Rambouillet sheep are known for their hardiness and ability to thrive in various climates.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rambouillet comes from the French town Rambouillet, where breeders developed this sheep; think 'from Rambouillet', which is why the name refers to a breed valued for its fine wool and good meat.