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Recent Examples of palisade
Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
As Steven Morris writes for the Guardian, the Mount Pleasant complex originally consisted of a timber-and-stone monument; a henge, or circular enclosure surrounded by a ditch; and a palisade, or fence made out of enormous felled trees.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2020
The homes, the stilts and the palisade burned and quickly collapsed into the river.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2019
Some of the palisade troughs researchers discovered were still intact upon excavation, Radio Prague International reports.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022
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Noun
Peck passed an area racked and rearranged last fall by the Merbok storm, evidence of the disfigurement still evident in the clusters of mangled fish camps and spiky bundles of driftwood poking through the snow cover like palisades or anti-tank obstacles in no-man’s land.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
As Steven Morris writes for the Guardian, the Mount Pleasant complex originally consisted of a timber-and-stone monument; a henge, or circular enclosure surrounded by a ditch; and a palisade, or fence made out of enormous felled trees.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2020
The homes, the stilts and the palisade burned and quickly collapsed into the river.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2019
Some of the palisade troughs researchers discovered were still intact upon excavation, Radio Prague International reports.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palisade
Noun
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Even Baby boomers are backing off alcohol a bit, with seltzers/sparkling up 13% and fruit juices edging up 1%, as beer drops 7%, spirits slide 12%, wine plummets 15%, and soft drinks fall off the cliff by 16%.—
Louis Biscotti,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The value of Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency, a meme coin aptly called $TRUMP, has fallen off a cliff – and its investors have lost around $12 billion.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace on Friday rejected most of the restrictions that King Soopers had sought on striking workers picketing its stores but did set some conditions.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
14 Feb. 2025
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Glenn Allen Brooks: Convicted of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The rim is a 1,200-foot-tall escarpment that rises dramatically above a broad valley, giving you the perfect perch for spotting the show.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
3 Mar. 2025
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During that time, the rover traveled about 1.2 miles along escarpments researchers believe were once part of an ocean shore 4 billion years ago.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Fortunately, Congress had the foresight to understand both the importance of the service and the potential dangers of executive meddling, and so in 1970 walled it off from overt presidential meddling.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Different run options offer a variety of adventure, but the classic is a 17-mile portion through the Rio Grande Gorge, also dubbed the Taos Box because it is walled by black basalt cliffs.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
19 Feb. 2025
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Most of my climbing took place at Boulder’s local crags, or more often than not, at the climbing gym, with occasional trips to far away destinations.—
Lynn Hill,
Outside Online,
17 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In an effort to attract younger consumers who value sustainability and transparency, producers must have environmental certifications that demonstrate a commitment to conserving resources and preserving the Earth.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
9 Mar. 2025
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Eventually, the city reached a compromise on the rail issue: a single track would be preserved for freight service.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Its bluffs and beaches became a vast cemetery, volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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No one disputes that the bluff and beach closures to accommodate the presence and natural life activities of the pinniped constrain unlimited human presence.—
Bill Tippets,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And the ingestion of baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, a legal technique that helps buffer acidity and neutralize interference with muscle contractions, is also widely used for short, intense races like the mile.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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airmail.news,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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