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boardwalk

[bawrd-wawk, bohrd-] / ˈbɔrdˌwɔk, ˈboʊrd- /
NOUN
esplanade
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NOUN
sidewalk
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The Florida home has a private boardwalk to the Atlantic and hand-painted murals in the dining room.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

It warned the second nest, established last year, was "quite close to the boardwalk and is vulnerable to disturbance".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Even George W. Bush — the bumbling boardwalk caricature that he is — could deliver a State of the Union address without going off-prompter.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

The couple are also planning to put a pool and “inset spa” in the backyard, while also building a pool deck and a boardwalk, as well as a trellis.

From MarketWatch Dec. 17, 2025

A particularly large man looms before me, an impassable wall, so I change my trajectory, moving parallel to the boardwalk until I find an opening.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Hundreds of thousands of tourists a year flock to viewing areas and boardwalks to watch the diminutive sea birds waddle ashore and along the beach in the evenings on the eastern coast's Phillip Island.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

He recommends visitors hike the Curonian Spit—a thin 61-mile stretch of sand dunes along the Baltic Sea—and cross the wooden boardwalks that span Estonia’s wetlands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Paths have been resurfaced, stiles removed, boardwalks built and bridges installed.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

“In thermal areas, boardwalks take you to amazing places, protect the park, and keep you safe,” the pledge says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

And that we absolutely will not leave the designated trails, the boardwalks.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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