esplanade
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Whenever I return to Batumi, which I’ve done five times, I always do three things: I stroll along the palm-fringed seaside esplanade, admiring the gardens first landscaped in 1881.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
In Timor-Leste, the Pope will officiate mass in the capital Dili, on the same seaside esplanade where John Paul II spoke in 1989 to comfort local Catholics who suffered under Indonesia's occupation of the territory.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
The esplanade will be refurbished; visitors will no longer have to line up for tickets outside; and the permanent collections will be rearranged and rehung.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
At the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a walled esplanade above the Western Wall, hundreds of Palestinians performed prayers as part of observances during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
Nico and he were wandering along the esplanade when Jason spotted the guy with wings buying an ice cream bar from a street cart.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
For one hour either side of high water, very minor impact flooding is expected to affect some seafront roads, esplanades and car parks across the island.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024
Throughout the late-19th and early-20th centuries, Universal Expositions on this site produced extraordinary, short-lived cities consisting of pavilions, palaces, houses, monuments, fountains, bridges, paths, and grand esplanades.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
On a recent day, numerous motorcycle taxis were parked on one of the esplanades outside the basilica.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
Construction has already begun on a $20 billion project to build raised parks, esplanades and barriers along Lower Manhattan.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2022
The situation of most of them is very advantageous for the defence of the port, though the form of the walls, esplanades, and other imperfections which may be seen, make them very insignificant.
From What I Saw in California by Edwin Bryant
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