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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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Researchers uncovered the tomb at the mountain, at the base of a high desert cliff where strong winds carry gusts of sand.—
Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The burial chamber was uncovered at the base of a desert cliff almost 23 feet beneath Abydos, one of Egypt’s oldest cities about 300 miles south of Cairo and roughly six miles from the Nile River.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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During the strike, Down picketed with his fellow union members and was able to live off savings.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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That incident took place at a dealership near the Florida Turnpike, where about a hundred demonstrators were picketing against DOGE’s federal cutbacks when witnesses said a black Nissan SUV drove onto the curb, nearly striking several protesters.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 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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To imagine that American can ‘win’ by shouting over it, taxing it into silence, or walling it off with tariffs is not only wrong, but economically suicidal.—
Lela London,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Viewers are not so much invited into the drama, however, as they are walled out of it.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mount Lemmon, the tallest peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is a premier climbing destination with more than 2,700 routes ranging from beginner-friendly crags to expert-level ascents.—
Visit Tucson,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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Both islands share a granitic composition, leading to the rocky crags bookending sandy coves.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The researchers are proposing this as a better way to preserve the memories of your beloved toys and other personal items, as well as to help present objects for closer examination to museum visitors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Apr. 2025
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She is scheduled to take office in August and will serve a 10-year term on the court, preserving its narrow 4-3 liberal majority.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Europe would have to hope that Russia would not call its bluff by seizing European territory with conventional forces and nuclear threats, either for the sake of Putin’s expansionist ambitions or to attempt to shatter the NATO alliance once and for all.—
Mark S. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2025
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Now Trump is left flailing as China calls his bluff and America’s allies look on with a mix of dismay and horror.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Nevertheless, faced with restricted access to U.S. markets and weaker U.S. consumer demand, the rest of the world will look to export market diversification, trade arrangements that exclude the United States, and other approaches to buffer themselves against a looming global trade war.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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The next best option is wrapping them with insulation material or old blankets to buffer temperature fluctuations and protect them from the cold.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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