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Recent Examples of pergola
North Coast Church paid $9,500 for lumber, arbors, benches, pergolas, garden fencing, monument signs and concrete, rocks, plants and paint supplies.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Bakhshi suggests using it on wooden elements of your home, including decking, shutters, fences, pergolas, planters, and even outdoor furniture.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025
Specs: Carson 12-inch Rod Pendant $299 Rejuvenation This retro, industrial-style pendant will be a delightful dose of color to your patio or pergola.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2025
All of the hotel’s light-colored finishes and shade-providing wooden pergolas act together to keep things cool.
—Elspeth Velten, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Bakhshi suggests using it on wooden elements of your home, including decking, shutters, fences, pergolas, planters, and even outdoor furniture.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025
Specs: Carson 12-inch Rod Pendant $299 Rejuvenation This retro, industrial-style pendant will be a delightful dose of color to your patio or pergola.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2025
All of the hotel’s light-colored finishes and shade-providing wooden pergolas act together to keep things cool.
—Elspeth Velten, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pergola
Noun
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While flat trellises might accent a wall and arbors may provide a covered archway to walk through, pergolas are usually larger and beckon you to sit and relax awhile.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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If there's a silver lining to an otherwise senseless spate of arbor violence, Vejar said, the city now has an opportunity to diversify its urban forest.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On a windy Saturday afternoon in Paris, the roof over Court Philippe-Chatrier was open ahead of the ladies’ singles final at the 2025 French Open.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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The jars are placed near house walls to collect run-off from the roof.—
Lungelo Ndhlovu,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Staking may also be appropriate if the root ball is significantly smaller in relation to the tree’s size, or if the tree has a top-heavy canopy.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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The black bridge canopy and the new silver platform form a continuous line, which is a metaphor for the relationship between the past and the future.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Trump’s team is working furiously to keep the bill going on other fronts, too: seeking to discredit Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper while savaging Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for resisting the bill and its debt ceiling increase.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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Both the exterior and interior are nothing short of awe-inspiring with its high ceilings and old school chicness.—
TJ Macias,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Remember, a tent offers no protection from lighting.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025
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As a social media influencer, his more than 1 million followers on YouTube trumps the reach of others in the press tent, whose follower counts, generally, would classify them as microinfluencers.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
Noun
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All around the bower the bird scatters small objects – shells, pieces of plastic, flower petals – which all possess the same property: the color blue.—
Shawn Simpson,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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Like the bowers, the nests of the puffer fish are beautiful and involve mate attraction.—
Shawn Simpson,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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And yes the awnings do still need poles, which is sort of nonsensical for a bike-specific tent, but that's about my only complaint here.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
7 June 2025
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Once broken down, the awning and tent both fit in a single carbon-fiber shell.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
19 May 2025
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“Pergola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pergola. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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