entrance
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But the new rules are unlikely to apply to next month's college entrance tests, Lee said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Let’s take a moment,” she said, stopping at the entrance to the Ferndell Nature Trail in Griffith Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Soon, I was bicycling to Harris Teeter for cornbread ingredients, where Harry the Happy Dragon — a coin-operated green kiddie ride — stood sentry outside the entrance.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
They dragged a sand-filled dummy into the apartment and placed it in the entrance hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dad looks up from his crossword puzzle, amused by my dramatic entrance.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The increasingly extreme merchandise taking over suburban lawns and big-box store entrances is starting to spook some consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The bank acquired large pieces of art from Maya Lin and Gerhard Richter that adorn the entrances, and the tower houses Morgan’s Pub, a bar inside the office that serves pub fare and Guinness pints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Later in one of the videos, McHenry appears to argue with a security worker near at one of the venue’s entrances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Among the new rules proposed is a ban on stopping within 15 meters of the entrances and exits of these venues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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
He listened, his eyes fixed on mine, apparently entranced by these fraudulent recollections.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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The result is a quiet, entrancing study of one man’s gaze and of the ideas and questions that seized him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Evelina Fernández’s “Antigone: In the Language of Kings” receives a theatrically entrancing staging at the Getty Villa’s Outdoor Theater in a production co-produced with Latino Theater Company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Brazil now need major surgery - starting with the area of the field where they used to be so strong, so creative, so entrancing - the midfield.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
I had never before driven on roads between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, and I was looking forward to many miles of entrancing scenery.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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