picnic
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The previous owner began to expand in the 1990s, adding picnic tables and a larger deck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He adds that most people stayed calm - and that his picnic food had a "lucky escape".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A pizza counter and a live music stage surrounded by picnic tables makes it a great place to bring kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Hikers into the area often start at the Switzer picnic site in Altadena, which has a trailhead to the Bear Canyon hike-in campground five miles away, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
As we weave through the picnic tables, it’s ridiculous to feel as though she has no right to be in a place where I’ve barely set foot.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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In Greenwich, some people got up from their picnics as the "dust devil" moved across the park, with some even heard screaming.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Because it's a place for people, for picnics, for livestock to graze," he told AFP, giving only his first name for security reasons.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Unlike in previous years, when residents could bring coolers and picnics to the mall, guests this year will go through security and are allowed to bring only one small clear bag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
And while we tend to think of picnics as outdoor lunches — which means sandwiches, grain salads and the occasional tub of pasta salad — biscuits suggest a different possibility.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mother paid a lot of attention, and they went to the museum on Sunday afternoons and to hear the Pittsburgh Symphony and for picnics in the park.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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Olivia Rodrigo picnicked in the park with one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
I’d seen the Joey P. my entire life; I had visited it on field trips and picnicked in a park that stands in the shadow of its gun mounts.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Young women and men picnicked side by side on the pavement, chanting: “Woman! Life! Freedom!”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Streets of identical high-rise apartments were interspersed with parks and wide, tree-lined streets, while residents picnicked beside the Siverskyi Donets river and in forests nearby.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2022
We had picnicked above the beach among the sand dunes, almost on a kind of plateau.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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But, Tucker said, in recent weeks, tourists have been found picnicking in the site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Still, hundreds of families sat out under mild, cloudy skies, picnicking amid sweeping views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains -- a postcard scene at odds with a city under regular attack.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
At first, these trolley parks were simply gardens and picnicking grounds, but in time other attractions and rides like roller coasters and Ferris wheels were added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
In full view of the picnicking pensioners waving karaoke mics are huge commercial ships, some as long as three football fields.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
Some large creature had been on the island, perhaps picnicking, and had gone away forgetting the book and the watch.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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