terrace
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The advanced terrace system made the Aztecs self-sufficient in food, he says, “allowing them to create their empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Barbican's distinctive brutalist foyers and lakeside terrace will also be developed to protect the heritage of the building.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
I step off the restaurant’s orderly little terrace and make a slow serpentine path past makeshift dinner parties.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was, he said over coffee at Salzburg hotel terrace, love at first rehearsal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He left the terrace without a word, and I followed him to the lift.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
From agricultural terraces to temple ruins under Mexico City to art collections and more, tourists can get a glimpse of Aztec life from 500 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
This is the view from downstream, looking up at the house and its welter of projecting terraces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For generations, summer in Europe has been languid and dreamy, bringing fine weather and lengthy days on sunny beaches and terraces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The parcel features “expansive terraces, sprawling gardens, several guest houses, a tennis court and its own nine-hole golf course,” according to the Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Clinging to the mountainside were dozens of multileveled palaces—a city of mansions—all with white-columned porticos, gilded terraces, and bronze braziers glowing with a thousand fires.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Sarah was excitedly packing up to move out of the terraced house her family had outgrown to a four-bedroom home in the countryside.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
As we climbed the terraced pools of the West Kill, I concentrated on keeping my cast short and precise until I caught my first brook trout, or “brookie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
We move up towards the two streets of terraced houses which have become the focal point of the disorder.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“The gated, private parcel offers dramatic panoramic city views and sweeping vistas, with multiple usable tiers featuring generous flat pads, terraced gardens, and a dedicated pool level,” the description notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Theseus took her aboard with him from Krete for the terraced land of ancient Athens; but he had no joy of her.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Much of the railroad-tie terracing had been damaged as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
If you look through the history books, it is 30 years since Norwich won at Anfield - in the last game played in front of the Kop when it was still terracing.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
The terracing and draining systems of the mountain’s forests should safely channel rain from the mountain to the sea.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
The upper-tier will become outdoor terracing for new homes.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
The principal reason for its success was its innovative techniques of terracing and irrigation, the latter being used to implement the former.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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