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Recent Examples of stanchionBahl, whose head hit a stanchion behind the net as a result of the hit, left the game.—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2025 Six weeks after the Pacific disaster, a portion of railing or stateroom stanchion washed ashore.—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025 That was the case at Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas in 1999, when American Airlines Flight 1420 smashed into stanchions holding lights that directed planes just off the runway.—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 Handke shares that the bat stanchions in the queue are reimagined as light fixtures, and the fireplace on the far wall of the lounge has architectural nods to every Haunted Mansion-style attraction at Disney theme parks around the world.—Megan Dubois, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stanchion
The front door, defined by wide pilasters and sidelights topped by a crosshead with transom windows beckons visitors to step into an impressive and welcoming entry hall.
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James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
What to look for: Large porch and classical corner pilasters.
Social media may help create a lasting nickname that is more on the money than those that were coined by political foes, or from the editorial column of any paper of record.
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Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Broken flower stems and shorn columns symbolize early death.
Last year, the Pacifica pier was closed for three weeks in January after it was battered during a severe winter storm that caused property and infrastructure damage in neighborhoods along the coast.
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Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
24 May 2025
One person was killed by the force of the explosion between the pier and the vessel itself, according to Simms.
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