entrance
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“The terminals are old! They weren’t meant for this,” a tired CTA employee explained, kindly ushering us through the stroller entrance as the next train rumbled toward the platform.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
A bus has hit a stationary freight train near the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel, injuring the driver and 18 passengers, French authorities say.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
"There are days when I can't sleep," Navarro told AFP at his flat, where a battered pram containing two well-worn dolls stood by the entrance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
They held up their torch to Allun and watched him raise his in answer and turn away to begin his lonely journey back to the cave entrance.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15 to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Since late September, pupils have barred the entrances to their schools, complaining of teacher absences, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings ill-adapted to rising temperatures, among other grievances.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
They are are no longer allowed to display pre-packaged foods including sugary soft drinks, confectionery, biscuits and breakfast cereals in prominent locations such as entrances, checkouts, aisle ends and designated queueing areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The move from Block comes as many financial technology and payment companies are eyeing entrances into banking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“It’s one thing hanging around the entrances under the Cloak, but this is different, Hermione.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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When, in 2000, Mr. Lloyd heard Hussain—the son of Alla Rakha, whose music had entranced him nearly a half-century earlier—new doors of possibility opened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
How Scotland, and other parts of the world, became entranced by the fairytale only for the reality of sport's essential brutality to hit them square between the eyes at Celtic Park on denouement day.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Jagger, entranced by the sounds coming out of New York’s discos at the time, contributed the No. 1 “Miss You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
That becomes a problem when, after one of their weekly lunches, the three friends stroll around a furniture store, where Camille is entranced by a gorgeous chair she can’t possibly afford.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Nok was just as entranced as everyone else, but then he said something that broke her concentration.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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As the star of Misty Green, Eleazar is an absolute mess, but an entrancing one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It doesn’t hurt, of course, that this veteran dreamweaver’s key cast are entrancing, inviting specimens themselves, led by an inner glow of compassion in Leung that feels like its own natural energy source.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
It is not necessary to know the backstory of the picture and its title to find it entrancing, but its history is a rich one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Naomi had found the gentle flicker of the flares entrancing, and Muff had smiled and squeezed her arm.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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