promenade
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There are so few cars in Cuba's capital that it is possible to cross the Malecon, the once bustling seafront promenade, without looking.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
At L’Alegria de l’Horta on the Malvarrosa Beach promenade, I sit in pressed clothes and drink fine Valencian wine.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The best part: Instead of chain-hotel dining, I had pizza and gelato on the promenade for dinner, sunset drinks at a rooftop bar and ran along the water the next morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And Trump has plans to connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River by building a promenade, one of many projects he has said may be named after himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Miss Marsch, I haf a great favor to ask of you,” began the Professor, after a moist promenade of half a block.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The park — once known as Westlake Park — was on the city’s western edge, and Wilshire Boulevard was its Champs-Élysées, perfect for Sunday afternoon promenades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
"But we do still urge people to stay away from the coast and take extreme care on coastal paths and promenades, and to not drive through floodwater."
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024
The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete promenades that provide more gradual gradients and gentler flows for salmon swimming upstream to access more spawning grounds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023
When she told him about their nightly promenades, their whispers, and their suffocated cries, Jean de Satigny was rooted to his chair, his fork frozen in midair and his mouth locked open.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Drag queens, including the troupe The Golden Gays, promenaded in stretchy ’80s cougarwear with drop shoulders and batwing sleeves.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
From Johannesburg to Cape Town and other areas across the country thousands of people, most with mandated face masks and keeping some distance, promenaded outside.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2020
Memories of I-10 bedlam began to evaporate as we promenaded through the compact, tiered garden, serenaded by the gentle babble of small fountains.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
The reservoirs are currently undergoing a modernization process that may convert them into a promenaded recreation area akin to Echo Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2016
Ignatius bellowed after he had promenaded up and down along the fence.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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"Here's hoping we have some nice weather for the promenading pooches."
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023
It will spend another 3 years promenading among the moons, eventually ending up in a tight orbit around Ganymede—the first time a spacecraft will orbit a moon other than Earth’s.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2023
The city is enjoying an unseasonably warm February, and many residents, rather than preparing for possible war, have been promenading along its cobblestone streets, browsing its funky clothing boutiques and sipping coffee in the cafes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
She recalled Saturday nights promenading on Third Street and trying to snatch the brass ring at the pier’s merry-go-round to get a free ride.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2021
The kind of promenading white that the houses of Bishop Whipple, W. B. Jackson and the Vanderpool’s wore.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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