promenade
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The 150-year-old wych elm on the central promenade took more than 30% of the national public vote.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sheets, backpacks, and outstretched bodies transform the emblematic seafront promenade into an open-air dormitory for a few hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
At L’Alegria de l’Horta on the Malvarrosa Beach promenade, I sit in pressed clothes and drink fine Valencian wine.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some ventures have succeeded, however, most notably the Detroit Riverwalk, a miles-long promenade built in the 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Other girls promenade more sedately, arms linked two by two.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Once little more than a dirt path used by prospecting gold miners, it later became one of the country’s first pedestrian-only promenades when the city closed it off to traffic in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
These sort of wind speeds will lead to large coastal waves which are likely to overtop the sea walls and promenades.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
The park — once known as Westlake Park — was on the city’s western edge, and Wilshire Boulevard was its Champs-Élysées, perfect for Sunday afternoon promenades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete promenades that provide more gradual gradients and gentler flows for salmon swimming upstream to access more spawning grounds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023
The promenades boast animated cameos and portraits of famed courtiers that wink and wave as we pass.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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From Johannesburg to Cape Town and other areas across the country thousands of people, most with mandated face masks and keeping some distance, promenaded outside.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2020
Memories of I-10 bedlam began to evaporate as we promenaded through the compact, tiered garden, serenaded by the gentle babble of small fountains.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
The reservoirs are currently undergoing a modernization process that may convert them into a promenaded recreation area akin to Echo Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2016
I would to God Shakespeare had lived later, & promenaded in Broadway.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 23, 2016
He put his hand over hers and then wrapped her arm around his elbow, and together they promenaded down toward a secluded area of Coney Island beach by the edge of the water.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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Because you may have witnessed a 6-foot-7 longhaired sasquatch slowly traversing tall rocks and promenading through thickets, grunting at the sky and scaring children and dogs silly.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
"Here's hoping we have some nice weather for the promenading pooches."
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023
It will spend another 3 years promenading among the moons, eventually ending up in a tight orbit around Ganymede—the first time a spacecraft will orbit a moon other than Earth’s.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2023
On any springtime Saturday, a steady stream of quinceañeras can be seen promenading along the blooming rose bushes and gushing fountains of Oakland’s Mormon temple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2019
I was a bride, promenading down the center aisle of San Juan Evangelista twenty years back to marry the man with whom I would have our dear children, dearer than my life.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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