antechamber
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It was January 1998 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at his seaside palace in Libreville.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
The larynx functions like an antechamber to the windpipe, or trachea, with a flap of tissue called the epiglottis keeping food and drink from falling down the windpipe.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024
He was looking into the antechamber of the tomb of Tutankhamun, a ruler who sat his throne for only around 10 years but did so at a pivotal time in Egyptian history.
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2022
The paintings on display beyond the antechamber play on themes of spectacle, public perception and sleight of hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022
It wasn’t much, but the glave in the antechamber was bright, and he saw Thyon—at least a three-inch-wide strip of him—quite clearly.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing antechamber
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ante, anti
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