corniches

plural of corniche

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for corniches
Noun
  • Garth also included a photo of her standing in a red polka dotted dress with black top overlooking the Belgian streets from a balcony.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In total, three people were shot downtown over the same week, including a man who was shot multiple times and killed inside a BMW parked outside a popular bar at Sycamore and East Third streets early Friday morning.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To gain the board’s support, the developers promised a $15 million road through the middle of its development that would also connect two highways and help alleviate traffic congestion in the fast-growing town 30 miles north of Charlotte.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Americans are okay with tens of billions of tax dollars funding highways and airports overseen by powerful regulatory agencies.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Within half a mile, my longtime friend Danny Sadleir and I were pushing our bikes up the rocky switchbacks leading away from the trail’s northern terminus at the Utah border to make our way south up Buckskin Mountain toward the Kaibab Plateau.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The suspension bridge over Matthews Creek gives you a great view of Raven Cliff Falls and stable ground to pause and rest your legs between all the switchbacks and steep climbs.
    Stacey Lastoe, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its rain has already been pounding parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic for several days, flooding roadways and triggering landslides.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While the future of Dallas’s rainbow crosswalks remains uncertain, similar LGBTQ+-themed roadways in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood were removed on Monday and repainted by local residents by Tuesday morning, per KHOU.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Four people were killed and another four were injured in two head-on collisions on Arkansas roads Friday and Saturday, according to preliminary police reports.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
  • These warnings highlight the risk of travel difficulties, slippery roads and hazardous conditions, particularly for motorists and backcountry visitors.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the project — and two more down the pike — may also prove detrimental to decades of planning by Sutter County, adding hurdles while restricting the scope of Sutter Pointe, a decades-long housing plan just north of the Sacramento County line.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Going beyond the financial transaction means talking with partners about the next two or three things coming down the pike.
    Lauren Giella Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dozens of adolescents stood at attention in neat rows.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Marketed among the top luxury vehicle brands in the United States, Lincoln is positioned closely against the Cadillac Escalade and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer with 3 rows of seating.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And there are other ideas to do with ion drives and collecting interstellar gas and using that to propel yourself along—but all that would involve very lengthy trips.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In Kenya, retreat to ultra-luxury safari tents overlooking the vast savannah after days spent witnessing the Great Migration and Big Five game drives.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Corniches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corniches. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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