portico
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This includes an extensive £912,000 program to repair structural defects to Kensington Palace, including to strengthen load-bearing portico columns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
In December, the board decided to rename the institution and new lettering bearing Trump's full name was affixed to the centre's front portico the next day.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Bulletproof glass encasing the portico for his annual appearance with the Easter Bunny?
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Trump finally appeared on the portico of the Blue Room after 7 p.m. on Wednesday to welcome new interns to what the White House described as a “soiree” on the South Lawn.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025
Nervous, but too far along to back down now, they shuffled deferentially up onto the portico and peered inside.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing portico
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