corniche

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Recent Examples of corniche The spectacle opened with a cinematic flourish: a video of Robinhood cofounder and CEO Vlad Tenev driving a midnight-blue 1962 Jaguar E-Type convertible along the corniche, an homage to Cary Grant’s entrance in Hitchcock’s film. Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 Instead, an occasionally bleak corniche winds down the coast from a state-of-the-art seaport — strategically placed 70 kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz — past a dusty, sunbaked town of old office towers, hotels, the obligatory shopping mall, and streets of low-rise shops and houses. Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025 On Beirut’s seaside corniche, Mohammad Mohammad from the village of Marwahin in southern Lebanon was strolling with his three children. Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 That’s when Etihad Airways will link Atlanta to Abu Dhabi with its dazzling corniche, outpost of the famed Louvre museum and, soon, the capital of the United Arab Emirates’ own Sphere. Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024 Forty-eight-year-old Mustafa Mazloum lay on a piece of cardboard under the shade of a tree in the grassy median along the city’s famed seaside corniche. Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 Families rest on Beirut's corniche after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburb Monday. Zoya Awky, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024 Walking shirtless on the corniche with his elderly father, Othman said a lifetime under multiple wars had strengthened him and his countrymen. Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corniche
Noun
  • The Tesla had been at the impound lot for two days after being found abandoned on a Hollywood street, investigators said.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Fairgoers can take advantage of Valley Regional Transit, which will shuttle people from any VRT stop to 13th and Ridenbaugh streets (about two blocks from the fair) — and back afterward.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Few cities in the world exude such intrigue as Paris, where every boulevard seems to hide a story and every building appears a work of art.
    Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Two Palestinians from the West Bank opened fire on a major boulevard and light rail station in the Tel Aviv area, killing seven people and leaving many others wounded.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • According to the Dallas Morning News, Rice lost control while racing on a Dallas highway, causing a multi-vehicle hit-and-run.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pledges to give it all away A good friend of philanthropist Michael Milken who has raised billions of dollars for cancer research, Ellison believes the road to bliss is altruistic giving.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nobody needed to learn to merge onto the actual freeway when these fast and wide sections of La Brea and La Cienega were freeway enough.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In drone footage shared by San Francisco outlet KTVU, all lanes across Interstate 80 are blocked with traffic, with the chaos of the event spilling onto the freeway.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But with the post-pandemic return to school and work, resentment grew among neighborhood residents who relied on the artery to get around.
    Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Heart attacks in younger adults aren’t always due to clogged arteries.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Intelligent highway, city, and parking capabilities At the core of this technology is High-speed Navigation Cruise Assist, which allows the SUV to easily handle national highways, urban expressways, and ring roads.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Corniche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corniche. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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