vestibule
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Inside the bright vestibule, the face of a protective Gorgon glowers at the visitor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Taking the photographs in a vestibule at the end of a carriage, Edwards taped a large bag to the opposite window to reduce the glare - though the train conductor was not so happy.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Julia Andreasen, a graduate student at UM, was trapped in her tent for 24 hours after drifting snow buried the vestibule.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024
Firefighters responded to a call Friday morning and found a fire between the vestibule, the elevator and the entrance door of Sanders’ third-floor office in Burlington.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Beyond them is a small vestibule with a set of sealed, lockless doors at the other end.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Some schools had security vestibules at their entrances and buzz-in systems to get inside from the outdoors.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
That increased functionality starts right at the front door: The pandemic led to a resurgence in the popularity of foyers and vestibules at the main entryway.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
We found “Jail” sheathed in a plexiglass-fronted wood frame in one of the vestibules.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
U.S. embassy spokesman Joseph Kruzich told the Economic Times that the embassy had employed measures, including supplementary air filtration and construction of vestibules, to provide clean air in workspaces.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2016
Francie polished the brass bell plates in the three vestibules and cleaned each banister spoke with an oiled cloth.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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How gracefully, easily, she lifted the huge, vestibuled train from swale to swell.
From Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike by Cy Warman
Train Number Three, the "Flying Kestrel," vestibuled, had crossed the yellow Rubicon of the West and was mounting toward the Occident up the gentle acclivities of the Great Plain.
From A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde
Roger was out on the vestibuled platform before the wheels stopped screeching under the force of the brakes.
From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis
A sudden rush, a soft cry, caused him to pause on the second step of the vestibuled car.
From Lo, Michael! by Grace Livingston Hill
Limited express!" he said, "all parlor cars, vestibuled, and two dollars extra for a seat; fast time, and only stop at the big stations.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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