vestibule
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That pressure came to a head after immigration officials detained two Target employees inside the vestibule of a suburban store late last week after what appeared to be some verbal sparring in the parking lot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Taking the photographs in a vestibule at the end of a carriage, Edwards taped a large bag to the opposite window to reduce the glare - though the train conductor was not so happy.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Julia Andreasen, a graduate student at UM, was trapped in her tent for 24 hours after drifting snow buried the vestibule.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024
Firefighters responded to a call Friday morning and found a fire between the vestibule, the elevator and the entrance door of Sanders’ third-floor office in Burlington.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
I inch back farther, closer to the door at the other end of the vestibule, which will take me to my car, where I’ll be safe.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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Some schools had security vestibules at their entrances and buzz-in systems to get inside from the outdoors.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
That increased functionality starts right at the front door: The pandemic led to a resurgence in the popularity of foyers and vestibules at the main entryway.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
Back then, the trains on all three railroads were hauling record loads, and passengers routinely stood shoulder to shoulder in the aisles and vestibules of every car.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
U.S. embassy spokesman Joseph Kruzich told the Economic Times that the embassy had employed measures, including supplementary air filtration and construction of vestibules, to provide clean air in workspaces.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2016
Despite Pullman’s vestibules ice as fine as dust settled between coaches and filled Burnham’s train with the tang of deep winter.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Each and every word a seventeen-jointed vestibuled railroad train.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain
“Here is Stony Junction,” Dorothy remarked, as the trainman let in a gust of wind from the vestibuled door to shout out the name of that station.
From Dorothy Dale in the City by Margaret Penrose
The walls and ceiling were absolutely tight, the windows and vestibuled door screened and all precautions taken to prevent the entrance of insects.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
Limited express!" he said, "all parlor cars, vestibuled, and two dollars extra for a seat; fast time, and only stop at the big stations.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
Solid vestibuled trains Daily, heated by steam, illuminated by Pintsch light,
From Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 by Henry Chadwick
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