peristyle

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Recent Examples of peristyle And for the next two nights, the Coliseum’s peristyle will be illuminated in blue light. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Standing before the renowned peristyle at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the 1984 Olympics opening ceremony was held, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday touted a $77-million infusion of cash for Metro to pay for more electric buses. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024 Advertisement The torch will be carried down the Coliseum’s peristyle steps. Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024 The ¾-mile course snaked around the field, looped uphill through the peristyle arches and returned to the floor with a 150-foot, free-fall jump. David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023 And at halftime, the chants and boos converged in song, in celebration, one of the biggest acts lighting up the peristyle. Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022 At least 10 peristyles have been attacked since 2021, according to Saint-Clou Augustin, a houngan. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 3 June 2023 The parade, which is free and open to the public, starts at 11 a.m. at the Shrine Auditorium on West Jefferson Boulevard and proceeds south on Figueroa Street to Exposition Park Drive at the Coliseum, where a noon rally will take place in front of the historic peristyle. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022 Drivers will wheel around the infield under the legendary peristyle, the air heavy with memories of gold medals and iconic college football games. Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
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Noun
  • When the shooting started, the pair of school resource officers were in the school’s atrium talking about that evening’s Bible study, which would focus on Ephesians 6:10-18.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Most houses in Pompeii were built around an atrium, as was common for the time.
    Alex Greenberger for ARTNews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Fisher’s stone pieces are installed throughout the rooms and the courtyard, showing the medium’s possibilities at every scale, from a 600-pound stone planter that looks like a chalice to a light of silver links that dangles to the floor like a bracelet.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Their first meal together soon led to chatty walks in the courtyard.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Protesters occupied a quadrangle on campus for more than a week in April and May, before police moved in and dismantled their camp (USA TODAY was there).
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Most notably, a modded 8.3-liter V-10 was shoehorned into an improbable quadrangle framed by four thin tires.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 July 2024
Noun
  • Five en suite bedrooms include a posh primary retreat flaunting a fireplace, a private patio, and a luxe bath equipped with dual vanities, a vintage clawfoot soaking tub, and a roomy freestanding shower.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Just off her patio, a tank of frisky rainbow trout pulses with water siphoned in from a nearby river.
    Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The organization also recommends that the inside of their enclosure be lined with absorbent bedding, as hamsters tend to chew on things to keep their teeth from overgrowing.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The 12-year-old suffocated during his first night at the camp last February while being required to occupy a small, one-person sleeping enclosure, according to the medical examiner’s autopsy report, which ruled his death a homicide.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Haggard then sentenced Ibarra to life without the possibility of parole after Riley's family read victim impact statements aloud before the court on Wednesday afternoon.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The intrigue: As the saga has played out in the headlines and the court of public opinion, MetroHealth used Boutros' repayment of the $1.9 million, plus interest, as evidence of his wrongdoing.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • It is attached to a galleria with a striking black slate floor, a wet bar, columns and glass doors that open onto the patio.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Bea walked into the bright light of the galleria and sat at the small café.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023

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“Peristyle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peristyle. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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