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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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Linda is prepared to take matters into her own hands when Nicky orchestrates a drone attack to incapacitate her, after which Charity pushes Linda off the cliff to her death.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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In addition, several media and press reports suggested Microsoft was pulling back its data center commitments and canceling leases, which some took as a sign that demand was falling off a cliff.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Because Lam was a no-show, protesters picketed outside his restaurant for 73 days.—
Anh Do,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Members of the Teamsters union picketed in front of an Amazon warehouse in west Phoenix Thursday.—
Eric Lagatta,
The Arizona Republic,
19 Dec. 2024
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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The stately Fairmont Le Château Frontenac is a ubiquitous presence in Quebec City, always peering down on visitors from its highpoint on the Cap Diamant escarpment.—
Vjosa Isai,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Since 2021, the western terminus has been 1 1/2 miles west of Golden at Tunnel 1 in Clear Creek Canyon, a dramatic setting where rock walls hundreds of feet tall tower over rushing rapids.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
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Tariffs by themselves will not erase the overall U.S. trade deficit—unless the country completely walls itself off from international trade.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the relatively minor case of the Clear Creek crags in the burn zone of the Goltra Fire, the JCOS team asked an anonymous local route developer to do an unofficial evaluation of the hardware at the affected crags.—
Hannah Provost,
Outside Online,
26 Apr. 2025
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Slice and Dice is a 5.12 in Indian Creek on the Way Rambo crag.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Four months later, reinforcements have arrived in the informal campaign to preserve classical TV structure.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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The group also recently became a member of the North Carolina African American Cemeteries Network which provides support and guidance to communities looking to preserve historic cemeteries in their communities.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Though the California ground squirrel is native to the area, its burrowing can contribute to coastal erosion, especially along the bluffs above Pacific Coast Highway.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Based on their clothing, people likely gathered after church on a Sunday and posed on these bluffs above the once free-flowing White River.—
Ray Hanley,
Arkansas Online,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The two shared similar interests in art, design, and entrepreneurship, and often collaborated on projects that helped buffer Boswell’s creative vision.—
Avon Dorsey,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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Among much else, the trees shelter marine life, capture carbon from the atmosphere and buffer coastlines from powerful waves.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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