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cornice

[kawr-nis] / ˈkɔr nɪs /
NOUN
molding
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Niçoise villas and “To Catch a Thief” corniches.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2019

Few would defend the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, which shifts much of its best car chases from Mediterranean corniches to Los Angeles.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2016

The opening scene captures, from fender-level view or in graceful helicopter shots, a sports car navigating the corniches on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

From Time • May 20, 2013

Reported by William Stewart/Beirut It was early Sunday morning in Lebanon, the beginning of an October day that promised even in that strife-riven country to draw crowds to the beaches and strollers to the corniches.

From Time Magazine Archive



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