canopy
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In 2015 researchers used it to find a network of previously unknown “garden cities,” small settlements that were well-integrated into the natural landscape, hidden beneath the Amazon canopy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Pete believes getting a view above the tree canopy quickly could prove critical.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Where tall canopy trees were retained or the cleared patches were small, common understory species such as acacia dominated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Aboard the popemobile, the smiling pontiff blessed several babies and waved to worshippers, as he made his way from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, where a giant white canopy was installed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It’s tiny, but the pastel wallpaper, canopy bed, and twinkly lights make it the prettiest room in the house.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Building sites, for example, must provide workers with suitable clothing such as jackets with built-in fans, as well as air-conditioned break rooms and canopies to ensure shade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Their thick bark and elevated canopies offer protection, while smaller fires clear vegetation, recycle nutrients, and create conditions that help new sequoias grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
I saw canopies of Iraqi flags, bodies out every window, everyone dancing to a faint hip-hop pulse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But heightened concerns about the health effects of sun exposure have brought an ever-growing number of tents, canopies and other products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
The canopies of cherry trees drift overhead, pregnant with blossoms.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Vimalakirti leans over the edge of his canopied bed with an impatient stare, as he argues that it is possible to enjoy earthly life while still abiding by Buddhist nonattachment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Parts of Altadena now resemble a rural town, with scattered houses separated by vast swaths of open space canopied by trees that somehow survived the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
Surrounded by hundreds of police officers and supporters, they hunker down inside a canopied structure made of blue tarpaulin sheets that serves as a tent.
From BBC ● May 22, 2023
The boat was equipped with a canopied life raft that floated free and inflated.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
Six canopied four-poster beds are lined up and draped with rich tapestries the color of our signature flowers.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Under the canopying smoke of London or Edinburgh, even amongst the beautiful fields of England or Scotland, there is nothing to be made of him.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
The latter had become known at the Nest, solely by the circumstance that the object which had so lately canopied aristocracy in St. Andrew's, Ravensrest, was now canopying pigs up at the farm house.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
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