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Recent Examples of promontory
The white building gleams like a promontory of power, with trees from across the U.S. spread across the grounds below.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
Trinidad State Beach This beach runs along the western shore of this picturesque oceanside village, starting just north of Trinidad Head, a rocky promontory that shelters Trinidad Harbor and offers 360-degree coastal views along a 1.3-mile trail loop.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
Agate Beach, Sue-meg State Park This long, narrow beach stretches north from the dramatic, lushly forested promontory that makes up Sue-meg State Park, north of Trinidad.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
The Gargano This picturesque promontory on Puglia’s northernmost coastline is dominated by Gargano National Park, where the scenery changes from beaches to mountains in just a few miles.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
Trinidad State Beach This beach runs along the western shore of this picturesque oceanside village, starting just north of Trinidad Head, a rocky promontory that shelters Trinidad Harbor and offers 360-degree coastal views along a 1.3-mile trail loop.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
Agate Beach, Sue-meg State Park This long, narrow beach stretches north from the dramatic, lushly forested promontory that makes up Sue-meg State Park, north of Trinidad.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
The Gargano This picturesque promontory on Puglia’s northernmost coastline is dominated by Gargano National Park, where the scenery changes from beaches to mountains in just a few miles.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for promontory
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Egypt has not officially commented on specific accusations regarding increasing its military presence in Sinai or on foreign media reports regarding its construction and military activity in the peninsula.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Evidence of these conflicts is bountiful in Gdańsk, Poland, home to Westerplatte, a small peninsula that juts out into the Baltic Sea.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the brand’s fall 2025 show on Feb. 24, chief creative officer Daniel Lee sent coats, capes and trenches down the runway in the earthy dark browns, greens and burgundies pulled from the British countryside.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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Four of the dancers, representing wind, wear sheer, pleated capes with an iridescent sheen that attached to shoulder straps and arm bands.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Also, as with the previous regional projects, so far there is no plan to include retention devices such as the artificial headlands and reef proposed in Oceanside.—
Philip Diehl,
The Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Max Christie scored at least 15 points in each of his first seven games with the Mavericks.—
Stan Son,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Thrun has 10 points and is averaging 16:59 in ice time in 51 games this season.—
Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Promontory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promontory. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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