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Her routine was to go to her friend’s condo that was up on stilts.
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NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Trump’s is nonsense on stilts, Doyle McManus writes.
—Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
La Galerie is positioned on a hilltop amongst the trees, a cantilevered structure balancing magically on orange stilts and emitting a sense of weightlessness.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Designed by Isabelle Poulain, the hotel's sizeable suites are built on stilts, providing unique vantage points across the goings-on of the forest.
—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Apr. 2024
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NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Trump’s is nonsense on stilts, Doyle McManus writes.
—Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
La Galerie is positioned on a hilltop amongst the trees, a cantilevered structure balancing magically on orange stilts and emitting a sense of weightlessness.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Designed by Isabelle Poulain, the hotel's sizeable suites are built on stilts, providing unique vantage points across the goings-on of the forest.
—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
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Shocked into taking a political stand, Mann turned a birthday speech in honor of the Nobel Prize–winning author Gerhart Hauptmann into a stirring call for democracy.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Not only does this extender offer four plug options and four USB ports, but it can also be used as a charging stand to keep your phone, tablet, or headphones at arm's length.Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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Once done checking out, customers can walk through one of the three exit trusses, an increase from the usual two, to help exiting the store remain a quick process.Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
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The developers did in fact take innovative steps to limit harm to plants and animals, such as leaving some native vegetation in place and installing steel trusses of different heights to match the ground’s natural contours, rather than leveling all the land flat.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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In another, fans directed profanities and one-finger salutes to Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr., who blew kisses to the stands and seemed to strut after making a wild catch in the fourth inning.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Then, halfway through the first verse, Kristofferson, 86, struts onstage, and begins singing with Cash, her right arm wrapped around a man she’s known most of her life.Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
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Taking on diamond giant De Beers In the diamond-trading hall downstairs from HB’s offices, the mugshots of bad creditors and swindlers are displayed on a peg board.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Sharon Stone’s 1996 film Last Dance earned $2 million, and more recently, Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) had $8 million for a Galentine’s Day peg.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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