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canopy

[kan-uh-pee] / ˈkæn ə pi /


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Many outdoor World Cup stadiums are open, with no roof or canopy.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

They admired the architecture and the infinity screen and the way the canopy kept things cool.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

"We will be working collaboratively with public sector bodies to better understand the contribution they can make to increasing canopy cover in Wales," they added.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

He reached up and unlatched the clear canopy over the cockpit, and the whole thing cracked off and spun into the sky.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

They also used instruments that measured CO2 levels in tree canopies every hour and sensors attached to tree trunks that tracked tiny changes in trunk size throughout the day.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

The company said it has been in Garden Grove since 1966, and more than 500 employees work at the facility, which manufactures windows and canopies for aircraft and spacecraft.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

They towered overhead, arching together in vast canopies.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

By arborist Rebecca Latta’s estimate, thousands of trees in Altadena have been tagged for removal: oaks, pines, sycamores, deodar cedars — trees that have canopied the town for decades.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2025

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

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 Cooper, James Fenimore




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