portico
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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
A portico with muscular Doric columns doubles as a terrace, as if Von Stuck had built himself a temple rather than a mere home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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
On their right a wide and graceful parkland led up to a great house with a classical portico as brilliant as icing sugar under the moon.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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