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"The signboard and the awning at the front could be blown off. If the winds get stronger, we'll bring everything inside."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
In Naypyidaw, the collapsed concrete awning of the main hospital's emergency department -- which crushed a car when it came down -- has been replaced with a new, lighter structure, with a plastic roof.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
A black-and-white awning over the steps that lead to our front door, for rain and sun protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Or, to the millions of punks who staggered under the entrance’s iconic awning: “CBGBs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
Her apartment was a flight up from a bodega with a dingy yellow awning: the Joyful Food Mart.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Tidy general stores, ice cream parlors and a Main Street lined with striped awnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
External shading, such as shutters, awnings or shades, can be even more effective because it stops some sunlight before it reaches the glass.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Canopies and awnings are subject to onerous permitting rules.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
And figures, clambering over broken buildings, moving along streets of dirt, where food markets are springing up under tin roofs and canvas awnings.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
On taxi rides through the city, going to visit the various homes of his relatives, his father had pointed out the name elsewhere, on the awnings of confectioners, and stationers, and opticians.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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