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forecourt

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as in plaza

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Recent Examples of forecourt The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet. — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 The developmental tournaments and lower rungs of the tours, where players build up match toughness, rankings points and the skills that clay teaches — movement, defense, patience, forecourt awareness — are played on it, too. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Visitors approaching the museum’s doors will pass under a canopy of silver birch trees installed in its forecourt. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026 Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forecourt

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On June 16, a sculpture and plaza was also dedicated as part of the project, on the same day that Argentina and soccer superstar Lionel Messi battled Algeria at Kansas City Stadium (Arrowhead) during the World Cup.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
This comes during the park's equivalent of a fireworks show when scenes of classic movies from Superman to the Lord of the Rings are beamed onto billboards above the buildings in the plaza and even onto its arched ceiling.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Using a paring knife, mark a smaller square inside each pastry square, leaving a 1/2 inch border (do not cut all the way through the dough).

— Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
However, its square to Neptune could result in vague promises and glamorous plans with no follow-through.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

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There’s also an open-air garden atrium for lounging in lush surrounds on the fourth floor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026
It is currently installed on the restaurant’s roof, though Douek plans to move it into the atrium, where customers can photograph themselves beneath it rather than merely slowing traffic to stare.

— Naomi Jeffries, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

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Floor-to-ceiling glass walls open to an expansive outdoor terrace where live jazz fills the air on Wednesdays and DJs keep the energy going on Friday and Saturday nights.

— Martie Bowser, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Enjoy views of the ocean on the private terrace of this two-bedroom flat.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 July 2026

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