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Recent Examples of playground
The museum displays campaign memorabilia and presidential artifacts, while its campus showcases a new community basketball court, public library and playground.
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Anyone can walk the campus and use the playground, library, sledding hill or grilling area.
—Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Kamil Krzaczynski | Afp | Getty Images The playground area at the Obama Presidential Center.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Where to Stay Over the past decade, Bodrum has become a playground for top-tier hospitality brands.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
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ABC News, 4 June 2026
Anyone can walk the campus and use the playground, library, sledding hill or grilling area.
—Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Kamil Krzaczynski | Afp | Getty Images The playground area at the Obama Presidential Center.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Where to Stay Over the past decade, Bodrum has become a playground for top-tier hospitality brands.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playground
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The $50 million playland opened in miserable Memorial Day weekend weather, but 12,000 visitors still showed up.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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For subscribers: Las Vegas has a reputation as a playland for the rich, but hotel operators are hoping new all-inclusive offerings will bring in droves of new customers.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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The city has since become a hotbed of new development.—
Kelly Yamanouchi,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
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Incorporated into the city in 1860, this former hamlet was the haunt of Molière and the literati, and later a hotbed of Art Nouveau residences by architect Hector Guimard (the creator of Paris’s iconic Métro entrances).—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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And the city, that vast, open hive of souls, is the opposite of a soundproofed room, even if everyone is asleep.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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The Little Nell is an après ski hot spot and one of the best people-watching spots in town.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Firefighters put out a hot spot from the Brantley Highway 82 Fire on April 24, 2026 in Atkinson, Georgia.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23111, is located in nf_tables, a subsystem of the Linux kernel that provides packet filtering capabilities.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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When cool enough to handle, cut kernels from cobs and coarsely chop onion.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Its proximity to the fascinating capital of Kunming is also appealing for travelers who don’t intend to go to Tibet and never plan on leaving the city.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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The missiles had been launched toward the Azraq area in the Zarqa governorate, which sits around 65 miles east of the country’s capital, Amman, the Jordanian armed forces said in a statement.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Other major Filipino American hubs in the Bay Area include Union City and Vallejo.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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“Playground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playground. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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