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Recent Examples of porch
Deputies say a 73-year-old and a 16-year-old girl were seen on the front porch, but the 47-year-old woman, identified as Lauren Bramlett, was still inside.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Our multiple interviews over three weeks at that time were conducted on his porch stoop with his beloved 17-year-old Chihuahua-terrier dog Loki in arms, and neighbors saying hi like actual neighbors, not autograph hounds.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
Where the roof overhangs the back porch, vents fitted with fine-gauge mesh are designed to block embers from entering the attic.
—Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
From the front porch of his family’s home across the street from Woodrow, 18-year-old Gustavo Gonzalez, alongside his siblings and parents, watched as police blocked off access to South Glasgow with crime tape.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Our multiple interviews over three weeks at that time were conducted on his porch stoop with his beloved 17-year-old Chihuahua-terrier dog Loki in arms, and neighbors saying hi like actual neighbors, not autograph hounds.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
Where the roof overhangs the back porch, vents fitted with fine-gauge mesh are designed to block embers from entering the attic.
—Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
From the front porch of his family’s home across the street from Woodrow, 18-year-old Gustavo Gonzalez, alongside his siblings and parents, watched as police blocked off access to South Glasgow with crime tape.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for porch
Noun
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Organized in the manner of a traditional Italian Borgo, at the hotel’s heart—between the main building and a former chapel that now operates as a spa treatment space—is a central piazza, ideal for morning coffees and late afternoon aperitivo.—
Laura May Todd,
Vogue,
21 Dec. 2025
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The view for those admiring the late Baroque masterpiece from the piazza above remains free.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Photographs of Hardy and Darc under the portico and inside the main entrance hall are still admired today.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Guests will enter through a cantilevered teakwood portico framed by a vertical garden of wisteria and climbing roses.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Gjason greeted me from Yolanda’s stoop.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, trash littered the sidewalks and piled up on stoops, and the illicit economy seemed to occupy every corner.—
Heather Ann Thompson,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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For afternoon tea and old-world fine dining with a jazz soundtrack, The Estate House veranda pulls in a warm breeze, and dishes such as lobster and ravioli, and mushroom and truffle velouté with brioche strips wrapped in Italian lardo are served on antique crockery.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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There was a hot-spring bath on the ground floor, where sliding doors opened onto an engawa veranda overlooking a spacious garden with maple, cherry and plum trees, a stone lantern and stream.—
Tim Hornyak,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porch. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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