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vestibule

[ves-tuh-byool] / ˈvɛs təˌbjul /


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That pressure came to a head after immigration officials detained two Target employees inside the vestibule of a suburban store late last week after what appeared to be some verbal sparring in the parking lot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

The housekeeper, having spied a man sleeping in the vestibule of her building, believes he’s connected to the murder and thus fears for her safety.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2025

Taking the photographs in a vestibule at the end of a carriage, Edwards taped a large bag to the opposite window to reduce the glare - though the train conductor was not so happy.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

Julia Andreasen, a graduate student at UM, was trapped in her tent for 24 hours after drifting snow buried the vestibule.

From Science Magazine Apr. 18, 2024

Hambro lived in the West Eighties, and once in the vestibule I tucked the hat under my arm and put the glasses in my pocket along with Brother Tarp's leg chain and Clifton's doll.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Some schools had security vestibules at their entrances and buzz-in systems to get inside from the outdoors.

From Salon May 27, 2022

That increased functionality starts right at the front door: The pandemic led to a resurgence in the popularity of foyers and vestibules at the main entryway.

From Seattle Times May 3, 2022

We found “Jail” sheathed in a plexiglass-fronted wood frame in one of the vestibules.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2022

U.S. embassy spokesman Joseph Kruzich told the Economic Times that the embassy had employed measures, including supplementary air filtration and construction of vestibules, to provide clean air in workspaces.

From Reuters Nov. 7, 2016

On the street, in vestibules as well as house parties, they are spectacular, moving like taut silk or loose metal.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Solid vestibuled trains Daily, heated by steam, illuminated by Pintsch light,

From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 by Henry Chadwick

The walls and ceiling were absolutely tight, the windows and vestibuled door screened and all precautions taken to prevent the entrance of insects.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

Each and every word a seventeen-jointed vestibuled railroad train.

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain

Strange, almost apologetic, it sounded after its years of silence; not at all like the throaty bellow of derision with which the long, vestibuled coast trains thundered through the forsaken village.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

The following morning the new foreman stood upon the platform of the station as the heavy, vestibuled Imperial Limited ground to a stop, under special orders to take on the great lumberman.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx




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