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porch

[pawrch, pohrch] / pɔrtʃ, poʊrtʃ /
NOUN
patio
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Peter J. Davison’s set featured the typical house with a porch, barn and cornfield, even adding a little train that made a single pass across the front of the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It was his first week in the job and he spotted a couple of letters still lying on the floor of the porch, where he had delivered to them days before.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The team hit a speed bump with the Blair House’s front porch spindles, which had been removed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The biggest hits sand down the rough-hewn edges of Mama’s metaphorical front porch to up their resale value, perhaps never funnier than Luke Bryan’s bullet-point summer vacation on “Fish, Hunt, Golf, Drink.”

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

I’m tempted to camp out on her front porch until she relents.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Every night, when summer heat and blackouts make sleep impossible at home, Cubans head for rooftops, porches and public spaces where they can catch a breeze.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

However, Davidson did do some renovations, including adding a guesthouse, movie room, pool, hot tub, cold-plunge pool, sauna, and screened-in porches.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

The company is Ridwell, and if you drive the residential streets of the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles, you’re likely to see the company’s signature white metal boxes on porches.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

Responding to his claim, Evri said couriers were "trained to recognise safe places, such as secure porches, parcel boxes or greenhouses, and will do their best to leave parcels somewhere appropriate and secure".

From BBC Dec. 14, 2025

We crawl below the porches at numbers fourteen and eighteen Crispin Drive.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor




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