doorway
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“Take a good look, because you’re not going to see me after this,” Ortiz Jara said in jest as he stood in the doorway of their Adelanto home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Soon Marshall’s tailrace was universally acknowledged to be the doorway to the Mother Lode, “a snakelike vein of quartz-encapsulated gold that extended for more than 150 miles along the western edge” of the Sierra Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“It was the dead of winter, and there was this 18-year-old, I would say, standing in the doorway, hunched over against the cold.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
For Smith, there is real satisfaction in that journey: from an anonymous doorway in Bradford to one of the country's great national galleries.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He limped to the doorway, pulling the spade off the hook on the wall.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Guests are welcomed by a gorgeous entrance with 10-foot ceilings, where striped wallpaper, crown molding, and large arched doorways immediately set the tone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Neuroscience and architecture expert Meredith Banasiak, who researches the link between buildings and human wellbeing, says hallways and doorways often spark this fear.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The room was overflowing—people along walls, in doorways.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
Upstairs, you’ll find the intimate karaoke studios, which are decorated with red velvet walls and brass, curved doorways that echo the building’s deco arches, says Mic Drop’s interior designer, Amy Morris of the Morris Project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
They were placed perfectly within the doorways, as if the school had been built around them.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
