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Recent Examples of showplaceMeanwhile ownership continues trying to unravel how to finance a showplace stadium in downtown Chicago, alongside Lake Michigan.—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Shelburne Shelburne Farms, a 1400-acre education nonprofit, was founded by a Vanderbilt heir in the late 19th century as an agricultural showplace.—Meg Lukens Noonan, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024 The heat was so intense that homes on each side of the former showplace were destroyed.—Eula Calahan , Micah Farmer, arkansasonline.com, 12 Aug. 2024 In the next few weeks, nearly 6,000 people came to see Carb’s showplace.—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for showplace
The video consists of little more than Cantona sitting around in a countryside mansion, drinking wine and lip-syncing to Liam’s vocals.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
Ellie’s Tale In this gripping screenplay entry, a free woman of color in antebellum New Orleans is captured and forced into the infamous mansion of Delphine LaLaurie.
The owner collected antiques from movie and TV sets, his favorite London hotels, and at least 50 manor estates.
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Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
In 1977, Peter Murray, a lecturer in art history, had the modest idea of putting some sculptures on the grounds of the 18th-century Bretton Hall estate in Wakefield, West Yorkshire—a city that was the proud birthplace of sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
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Kin Woo,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
Located in Wheaton, Illinois, Cantigny Park is the 500-acre former estate of Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.
The construction program, a partnership with Valencia College, teaches work site safety, measurements, use of hand tools, how to read a blueprint and more.
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Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity in the Southern District of Florida, aims to pause construction at the federal site, which is being built at the reportedly unoccupied Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.
Ward notes proudly that Ynyshir is perhaps the only restaurant in the world to employ a full-time blacksmith—instrumental not only in restoring the old manor house that became the restaurant but in maintaining its many handmade details.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
The manor house, with beautiful neo-Gothic architecture, was in a state of repair, reminding me of the classic shabby-chic look.
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