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Recent Examples of pier
The Santa Monica Pier will be open, along with its Pacific Park amusement rides, though individual vendors on the pier might be closed.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Take a walk on the iconic pier to fish or people-watch.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
The collapse occurred when a portion of the pier, already weakened from previous storms, was torn away by the high surf, sending three engineers into the water.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Landmarks such as the Tybee Island Light Station and Museum on the north end and the pavilion and beach-flanked pier to the south give beachgoers a variety of destinations to shape lazy island days.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Take a walk on the iconic pier to fish or people-watch.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
The collapse occurred when a portion of the pier, already weakened from previous storms, was torn away by the high surf, sending three engineers into the water.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Landmarks such as the Tybee Island Light Station and Museum on the north end and the pavilion and beach-flanked pier to the south give beachgoers a variety of destinations to shape lazy island days.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pier
Noun
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The new dock also enables 2.5-hour fast charging so that the 10R can top itself back off and keep cleaning.—
Anthony Karcz,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Activities include dock diving for dogs, lure courses, beer garden, a variety of food trucks and shopping, pet products and pet adoption opportunities.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.—
John Oseid,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
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Three construction workers serving as project managers and leads for the work fell into the ocean when the wharf collapsed.—
Hannah Wiley,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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The existing wharf is actually the sixth wharf that has been constructed off the city’s coast.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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The overall stability hides movement both up and down across individual pillars and metrics, as the tectonics of world order shifts.—
World Economic Forum,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Taken together, the laws are designed to reshape key pillars of the US economy over the next decade.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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But security and logistical concerns — and an outcry from booksellers along the city’s picturesque quays — have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2024
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The welcome also included a cannon salute and music by Sweden’s Royal Guards, lined up on the quay at the foot of the Swedish royal palace.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 May 2024
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Here’s a column by Maureen Dowd on Trump’s Inaugural Address.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Image That was the case at Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas in 1999, when American Airlines Flight 1420 smashed into stanchions holding lights that directed planes just off the runway.—
River Akira Davis,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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Handke shares that the bat stanchions in the queue are reimagined as light fixtures, and the fireplace on the far wall of the lounge has architectural nods to every Haunted Mansion-style attraction at Disney theme parks around the world.—
Megan duBois,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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