courtyard
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The tomb features an outer courtyard, rock-cut chapel and subterranean burial chambers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The police tailed his children to a remote, squalid farmhouse where they stood alone in the courtyard for no apparent reason.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Cross the moat and enter the Tudor courtyard of Anne’s childhood home and we enter not a “whodunit,” but a “who was she?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Outside, the parcel is lined with dozens of palm trees to ensure complete privacy, while a dramatic gated courtyard provides an idyllic place to relax away from prying eyes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
At the door to the courtyard the matron turned, erect and impassive, back along the corridor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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So people buried their loved ones in courtyards, at playgrounds and on street corners.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Public transport connects almost every corner of this tiny country, lush greenery lines the highways and spills out of towering buildings and courtyards, while the pavements are wide, often sheltered, and free of litter.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Fans could previously wed at courtyards and ballrooms at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, at the Disneyland Hotel ballroom, in the Fantasyland Faire Garden and at Sleeping Beauty’s Castle Forecourt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Open pools smoked day and night in a dozen small courtyards.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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