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Perhaps Selena decided a sky-high heel was de trop for her stint on the continent.—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 21 June 2023 Perhaps such remarks sound less de trop in French.—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023 As much as Black was a master of pacing, a fine crafter of set pieces, and delightfully de trop as a writer of snappy, manly dialogue, the most galvanic features manifested themselves in stage directions, interstitial material steering the reader through the gleeful nonsense.—Wyatt Mason, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
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