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promenade

[prom-uh-nayd, -nahd] / ˌprɒm əˈneɪd, -ˈnɑd /


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It sits right on the pedestrian promenade in the busy downtown port area, making it easy to pair with a kebab lunch and a scoop of local ice cream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sheets, backpacks, and outstretched bodies transform the emblematic seafront promenade into an open-air dormitory for a few hours.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

At L’Alegria de l’Horta on the Malvarrosa Beach promenade, I sit in pressed clothes and drink fine Valencian wine.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Trickett said the pair had tried to lean into the TV show's connection with Cleveleys promenade.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

And like before, if you peered over the rail, you could see the paths zigzagging down to the seafront, except this time you could see the promenade at the bottom with rows of boarded-up stalls.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

But Maine is also home to charming hotels and harbor towns with seafood restaurants and seaside promenades that come alive in warm weather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

The park — once known as Westlake Park — was on the city’s western edge, and Wilshire Boulevard was its Champs-Élysées, perfect for Sunday afternoon promenades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

The Environment Agency urged the public to take care on coastal paths and promenades.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023

The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete promenades that provide more gradual gradients and gentler flows for salmon swimming upstream to access more spawning grounds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023

The promenades boast animated cameos and portraits of famed courtiers that wink and wave as we pass.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

From Johannesburg to Cape Town and other areas across the country thousands of people, most with mandated face masks and keeping some distance, promenaded outside.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2020

Memories of I-10 bedlam began to evaporate as we promenaded through the compact, tiered garden, serenaded by the gentle babble of small fountains.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2018

Memories of Interstate 10 bedlam began to evaporate as we promenaded through the compact, tiered garden, serenaded by the gentle babble of small fountains.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2018

The reservoirs are currently undergoing a modernization process that may convert them into a promenaded recreation area akin to Echo Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2016

Meanwhile, Atawallpa’s triumphant cavalcade, perhaps as many as eighty thousand strong, slowly promenaded to Qosqo.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Here's hoping we have some nice weather for the promenading pooches."

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023

As dancers, they breathed together — calmly holding balances or promenading in attitude or arabesque — and like Dunn, they sometimes embodied the natural world, too.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

It will spend another 3 years promenading among the moons, eventually ending up in a tight orbit around Ganymede—the first time a spacecraft will orbit a moon other than Earth’s.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2023

We saw startling modernization of Saudi society — I could never have imagined street musicians and unveiled women promenading in Jiddah.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022

Even from way up in the air, Magdalys could tell they were dressed up nice, promenading along the avenues in clusters and pairs, probably heading to social clubs and balls.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older


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