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Recent Examples of esplanade
On esplanades and trails, by the water or the mountains, and in the city or the country: Everyone’s walking in a weighted vest.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025
Built on an esplanade right next to the Gare de Lausanne, the main train station, and with tracks still visible from its days as the railyard repair shop, the ambitious new Plateforme 10 arts district is exciting news for museum fans.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
And at the center of it all will be Francis’ simple coffin, on the esplanade of St. Peter’s Basilica.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
A little further down the beachfront sat an even older esplanade called Elder Lane Park.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025
Built on an esplanade right next to the Gare de Lausanne, the main train station, and with tracks still visible from its days as the railyard repair shop, the ambitious new Plateforme 10 arts district is exciting news for museum fans.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
And at the center of it all will be Francis’ simple coffin, on the esplanade of St. Peter’s Basilica.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
A little further down the beachfront sat an even older esplanade called Elder Lane Park.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for esplanade
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Set the scene Compared to Vietnam’s big-hitting destinations—Hôi An, Hạ Long Bay—Phú Yên, on the south central coast, is virtually unknown, which is a wonderful thing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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After a young white shark was spotted off the Newport Beach coast, a renowned marine biologist warned Southern California residents that many more sightings could happen by the end of summer.—
Lauren Pozen,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Those threats include boat strikes from propellers slicing through shells, being caught in fishing nets, shoreline development, tree removal reducing natural cover, de-icing bubblers that give otters access to hibernating turtles, and climate change.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Even experienced swimmers can be pulled into deeper water or slammed against the seabed when a strong wave collapses suddenly near the shoreline.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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By Tuesday and Wednesday, highs could be near or possibly exceed 80 degrees away from the coastline.—
Matthew Villafane,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Sand for the beaches is a side benefit of the dredging, although there’s never enough to go more than about one-third of the way down the city’s 3-mile coastline.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Notably, these brands have prioritized the Thonburi riverside over traditional central Bangkok locations, with IconSiam functioning as a global business and lifestyle hub and reflecting Siam Piwat’s success in repositioning Thonburi to stand alongside established prime districts.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Originally known as Dorestad, the riverside was a vital trading hub between the 7th and 9th centuries that linked the Scandinavian world to the north and Frankish world (present-day central Germany) to the south.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
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Old Sacramento's wooden sidewalks and riverfront warehouses nod to the city's 19th-century origins, while Midtown's murals, galleries, and music venues give the capital a distinctly modern cultural pulse.—
Keyla Vasconcellos,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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But its future will depend just as much on families visiting for the day, friends meeting for dinner, tourists exploring the riverfront and neighbors coming downtown for events.—
Liam Stanton,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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An additional five one-bedroom tents are situated directly on the beach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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The beach is on the Na Pali Coast on Kauai's North Shore, an area that is otherwise reachable only by hiking or boat.—
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.—
Silvia Marchetti,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2022
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Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.—
Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin,
WSJ,
25 Mar. 2022
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Our driver steered the car off the road and down a slope toward the riverbank, where a group of women and children were washing clothes.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The southwest riverbank includes a North County Transit District easement.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Esplanade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esplanade. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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