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entrance

[en-truhns] / ˈɛn trəns /




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"We are dealing with humans, we are dealing with people. We cannot reduce them to, 'come see this site, pay this entrance fee'," Asare says.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

At the building’s entrance, a massive banner celebrates the plant’s recently renewed federal operating license, proclaiming “You Made This Possible” above a photograph of smiling staffers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

They reportedly entered the library by its main entrance mid-morning and headed towards the nearest metro station following the heist.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The Aman spokesperson said Walker bypassed the main entrance, ending up at staff access points instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

I had planted myself there for the clear view of the double doors at the front entrance and was rewarded when he burst out of the building with a bunch of other boys.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

In the Colosseum, cooling fans with mists have been set up in the entrances.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Near brightly lit cave entrances, several kinds of algae and plants grew in the water.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Many restaurants display Turkish-language menus outside their entrances.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Three months later, images from Airbus showed that Iran was already digging out multiple tunnel entrances at the site.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Its few entrances heavily fortified, its heart safely enfolded in the mountain.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

"I'm entranced by Mr Haaland," said Miami resident Robert, speaking to BBC Mundo.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Jagger, entranced by the sounds coming out of New York’s discos at the time, contributed the No. 1 “Miss You.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

By the 1870s his work—often passively comfortable with the standard paysage, or horizontal format, and entranced by distant spectacles like sunsets or mountaintops—began to seem sedate to serious viewers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

That becomes a problem when, after one of their weekly lunches, the three friends stroll around a furniture store, where Camille is entranced by a gorgeous chair she can’t possibly afford.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

It was the last of his five lectures in Havana and Celia listened, entranced, to his sonorous voice as he played the sad songs of the gypsies.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Brazil now need major surgery - starting with the area of the field where they used to be so strong, so creative, so entrancing - the midfield.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

The learning-center displays, for example, are often entrancing, particularly a 50-foot glass vitrine featuring a stunning array of more than 130 menorahs from around the globe, dating back to the first millennium.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

The staccato nature of the writing is helped enormously by the entrancing acting of both Vargas, who breezes through different theatrical realms as though he had wings, and Hernandez, who locks realistically into character.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2025

One of the fairy women came toward her, her skin nearly translucent it was so pale, her eyes hard like sapphires, but the smile on her face was entrancing.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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