gate
Example Sentences
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Prior civilizations fell to barbarians at the gates.
“You want to fly as low as possible and stick as close as you can, but those gates are very dangerous,” he said.
Calderón said that after arriving at the airport he asked staff more than once for directions to Gate 75A, which was the gate indicated on his printed boarding pass.
From Los Angeles Times
The American great was racing just nine days after rupturing ligaments in her left knee when she struck a gate 13 seconds into her downhill run in Cortina.
From BBC
You aren’t allowed to bring fruits or vegetables through airport security, but you can purchase whole pineapples at the gate—a fact I find hilarious.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
