esplanade

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Recent Examples of esplanade In the esplanade between Disneyland and California Adventure, guests will get to see a 50-foot sculpture inspired by Sleeping Beauty Castle with colorful glass panels and golden charms representing the five original lands. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 May 2025 As the Anaheim, Calif., park kicks off its 70th anniversary festivities, a new, colorful sculpture representing Sleeping Beauty Castle has appeared on the park's main esplanade. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 16 May 2025 One group of 50 runners on a riverside esplanade causes a brief bottleneck. Matt Gross, Outside Online, 14 May 2025 Outside, Sheinbaum climbed the stairs to the main esplanade, where an all-female delegation was waiting, then made her way to the lobby and saluted the flag. Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for esplanade
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Noun
  • Archaeological records and oral histories suggest Karnataka’s coast had active maritime links with Arabia and beyond during the period.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That scenario has a chance to play out off the southeastern US coast later this weekend or early next week.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That was the day Strickland came under attack from a nine-foot shark while looking for scallops in five-feet deep water around a mile-and-a-half from the shoreline of Keaton Beach, near Grassy Island.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Rent a bike and pedal the picturesque eight-mile loop that hugs the shoreline, pausing to dip your toes in the lake.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, Cox plans to use his winnings to purchase some land at Holden Beach, located along the coastline near the North Carolina-South Carolina border.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Against this backdrop of global excellence, the Saudi Red Sea is notable for its unique blend of luxury, adventure, and authenticity along its breathtaking 1,000-plus-mile (1,800-kilometer) Red Sea coastline.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arrive early with cash in hand to sample authentic dishes like mango sticky rice and noodle soup while listening to monks chanting in the riverside temple.
    Jesse Scott, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Among those diehard fans is Anthony Gomez, the managing partner at Rocket Ranch, a riverside campground along the Rio Grande with a facility for viewing launches that’s so close to Starship’s pad that attendees must sign safety waivers.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At Rosa’s second location, which opened at The Residences Water Square on the riverfront last November, a 24-hour market enables residents to purchase grab-and-go snacks and prepared meals any day of the week.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The riverfront sanctuary at 50 Rivers Edge Road in East Falmouth, completed in 2022 by its architect-owners, captures that balance perfectly.
    Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wagner, a lifelong athlete who played basketball and tennis in Washington as a child, became a quadriplegic at age 21 after attempting to jump a wave while playing Frisbee on the beach, a press release states.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or around his neighborhood in Seaside, California.
    Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • These took many forms, from simple lines carved into the riverbank marking water levels, such as those at Elephantine near the southern border, to the elaborate structures incorporated into riverside temples of Kom Ombo and Luxor.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Each drive offered us the choice to head down into the valley—in search of the elusive black leopard or to visit the hippos dotting the riverbank—or up onto the plateau where the chance to see lions, cheetahs, zebras, and elephants awaited.
    Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Esplanade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esplanade. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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