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
Amanda Kay, who was staying in the hotel on the main esplanade in Cairns, described seeing a helicopter flying "extra low", without lights in rainy weather.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
People crossing the bridge can catch cycling and triathlon events, or look down to watch swimming events in the Seine River, before walking over toward a grassy esplanade which leads to Les Invalides.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 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
A few days after the meeting on the esplanade, I took my courage into my hands and went to see Father at his office.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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 asphalt on the Bingley esplanade is several degrees more depressing than the asphalt on other esplanades.
From Three Men and a Maid by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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