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Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Thanks to its 1920s-era Spanish Revival buildings, arched colonnades and broad public promenades, visiting it feels like stepping back to a time when walkability and simple elegance were the norm.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

"But we do still urge people to stay away from the coast and take extreme care on coastal paths and promenades, and to not drive through floodwater."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

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

When she told him about their nightly promenades, their whispers, and their suffocated cries, Jean de Satigny was rooted to his chair, his fork frozen in midair and his mouth locked open.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende