façade
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Designed by Gaudí, the Nativity façade is both naturalistic and overflowing with natural imagery: lilies and palm trees, a tortoise and sea turtle, insects and frogs, sheep and ducks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Still pending are the sculpting of the south-facing Glory façade, the eventual front of the church, celebrating Christ triumphant, and the addition of a grand entrance staircase envisioned by Gaudí.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And the occasional cracks in what might be called her monumental façade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
On a severely damaged façade there's a sign:
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
In these cases, race had been an embellishment, a façade tacked onto a superstructure of class.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
The latest proposal would instead add “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump” to the facade and name the surrounding grounds “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
A pro-government slogan for former President Nicolás Maduro, “Venceremos,” or we shall overcome, is visible on the facade of a building at the housing complex in Caraballeda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Trump’s name was removed from the facade soon after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It has become a rallying point for Tibetan activists, below the turquoise-windowed facade of the UN.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The facade of a grand building rises gracefully, pilastered and crenelated.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The fortunes of Havana's colonial buildings mirror that of the nearly seven-decade-old revolution, their peeling pastel-colored facades are symbols of the repeated crises that have rocked the island, and its surprising resilience.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Across Havana, the ravages of time, lack of maintenance and overcrowding is writ large in the facades of one of the best preserved colonial cities in the Americas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Before, she’d been “hiding behind facades, physically overfed and spiritually undernourished.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
While the grounds have yet to be landscaped, the structures designed to house foster siblings together are clearly taking shape, featuring white facades, gray rooftops, and numerous windows.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
False Amtrak facades concealed the flaking, peeling walls.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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