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entrance

[en-truhns] / ˈɛn trəns /




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The statement noted that federal agents formed a line blocking the ambulance entrance — which was neither authorized nor requested by the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The entrance of the dingy space includes a display of “Faces of South Texas,” which includes Selena, Nolan Ryan, Tom Landry, and some war heroes.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

People I spoke with lamented a childhood filled with academic stress: cram school tutoring, studying well into the night and China’s make-or-break gaokao university entrance examination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"My rights in this country should be equal to those of a Jewish student studying alongside me," said the 18-year-old who is preparing for university entrance exams.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“There was a perfectly fine entrance on the other side,” she eventually said, indicating the snow tunnel behind her.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The plan is to give the museum two much-needed new entrances and exits on the complex’s eastern side, and to create a whole new subterranean area reserved for its most famous artwork, the Mona Lisa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Hopelessness can be fatal for a city,” she told an adoring crowd that kept getting bigger and bigger until security closed off the entrances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The increasingly extreme merchandise taking over suburban lawns and big-box store entrances is starting to spook some consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They are currently restricted to certain entrances of the park, where they stand and wait with drivers to be hired.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

I could feel the cool air as I walked by the entrances of the more expensive cinemas, but here I was in the middle of it.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

How Scotland, and other parts of the world, became entranced by the fairytale only for the reality of sport's essential brutality to hit them square between the eyes at Celtic Park on denouement day.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The two actors—and Mr. Rash’s script—make them human, and genuine, and kept this viewer close to entranced despite the staginess of the production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Still, it didn’t take long until the video for BTS’ “Life Goes On” entranced Jimenez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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

But as he set the saucer down —with the dragonlet still clinging to the edge —Jeremy again found himself entranced by the strange beauty of the little beast.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Evelina Fernández’s “Antigone: In the Language of Kings” receives a theatrically entrancing staging at the Getty Villa’s Outdoor Theater in a production co-produced with Latino Theater Company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Zimmer, a New York City comedian, is tasked with a heavy, grief-laden dramatic role, and she’s utterly convincing, entrancing in her stillness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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

It is not necessary to know the backstory of the picture and its title to find it entrancing, but its history is a rich one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

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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