veranda
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The men sit on rugs beneath the wide boughs of a tree, while two women sit on mats in the shade of a nearby veranda, as goats and chickens roam the compound.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
When the dust settles, a small, pink rectangular building with veranda posts appears at the venue’s west end, a disco ball hanging on its porch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Outside, residents can enjoy the warm New Orleans weather while lounging on the covered veranda or soaking in the saltwater pool.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
But he said he was shaken by what occurred later after he accidently let Spacey’s dog out of the house while returning from smoking on the veranda.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
With each sound she heard—a lorry rumbling past, a chirping bird, a child’s cry—she ran from the veranda bench to peer down the road.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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But many recall how the place kept alive a fragment of Delhi's elite past through small rituals: liveried waiters at dusk, gin and lime on shaded verandas, retired generals and diplomats lingering under neem trees.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Today, it also runs a restaurant and hotel with six guest rooms in the main house and five modern cabins with floor-to-ceiling windows opening to private verandas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
The boats, many of them elegant two-story structures with verandas, have been moored for decades along the tree-lined banks of the Nile between the island of Zamalek and Giza, just west of central Cairo.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2022
In newly partitioned India and Pakistan, designers had to cope the old-fashioned way with challenges like summer heat, using verandas and cross ventilation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
The pace was slow and there were rambling houses with columned verandas.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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