manor house

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Recent Examples of manor house Eyes Wide Shut, with Hedda and her new husband throwing a bacchanal of a party in a manor house. Ben Jureidini, Them., 22 Aug. 2025 Vance and his family—including his wife, Usha, 39, and children, Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3—pitched up this week at a manor house in the Cotswolds with a full entourage. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 Indeed, drive down it, and the first notable sight is a grand old manor house — Salisbury Hall, built in the 16th century and once home to Winston Churchill’s mother — that usually oversees some kind of agricultural outpost. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 Stay in the historic manor house which although slightly worn and faded, has plenty of character and vast rooms and suites overlooking lovely countryside. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for manor house
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Noun
  • Reynolds’s departure, which was announced earlier this year, sets up another high-stakes governor’s race, likely to draw a crowded GOP primary and give Democrats their first real shot at the governor’s mansion in nearly two decades.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Features of the mansion and the other priciest metro Phoenix houses to sell in include a 20-car garage, billiards room, pool with a slide and leathered granite countertops.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Long Island Maidstone may be a gorgeous, boutique manor straight out of Downton Abbey, but The Maidstone New Orleans brings the funk downtown.
    Beth D'Addono, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Stay at a standalone villa big enough for everyone, or a small resort with all the services.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But festivalgoers, who paid thousands of dollars for luxury villas and gourmet meals, arrived to find the site incomplete and in chaos — mattresses in disaster tents, luggage tossed from trucks and no major acts willing to perform.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hacienda-style home is swathed in vines and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with native plants and blooming, vibrant flowers.
    Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Or, upgrade to expansive suites, haciendas, or villas with sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, infinity-edge hot tubs, or private plunge pools.
    Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The verdict established that a home is a castle, no matter what color the royalty within.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of dreary Danish castles, the action unfolds in boardrooms, mansions and wedding halls in contemporary London and the verse is delivered by a primarily South Asian cast.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If a winner dies before all the annual payments are made, the balance of the prize continues in payments to the winner's estate, Powerball says.
    George Petras, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The move from the four-bedroom cottage to the eight-bedroom residence will be an upgrade, yet keep them within the same Windsor estate.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The military was deployed to guard the palace on top of the usual secret service detail.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez stands during a press conference with Venezuelan President Maduro at the Miraflores presidential palace three days after Maduro's controversial re-election.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics calculated, based on 2023 data, that older adults devote a higher share of spending than the general population to groceries, housing, utilities and health care.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Economic factors such as no income tax, like the rest of Florida, and more affordable housing options also were cited as factors.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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