corniches

noun

plural of corniche
as in side roads

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corniches
  1. streets
  2. highways
  3. switchbacks
  4. roadways
  5. roads
  6. pike
  7. rows
  8. drives
Noun
  • The Basij run a nationwide network of volunteers who maintain a presence in the streets, government offices and cultural centers, seeking to ensure loyalty and ideological purity for Iran’s theocracy.
    — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This location is more residential, with quieter streets and approachable local trattorias, but offers several architecturally significant palaces and one of the city's oldest churches, the 11th-century San Zan Degola.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of streets
Noun
  • Key Biscayne The Village of Key Biscayne strictly prohibits all micromobility devices on streets, highways, sidewalks, bicycle paths, multiuse paths and trails, beaches and dunes unless otherwise authorized.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Two men were sentenced Thursday for staging crashes on New York City highways to get fraudulent insurance payouts.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of highways
Noun
  • The hike up alongside it is a 3-mile round trip with switchbacks and handrails at the steeper spots.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Near the half-mile point, hikers are met with a handful of switchbacks that guide them up the mountain.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of switchbacks
Noun
  • For Pittsburghers, the project targets one of the city's most recognizable and heavily traveled roadways.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The nature of the structure — with roadways cantilevered out under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — precludes replacing one lane at a time, city officials told reporters last week.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadways
Noun
  • Nepal’s Department of Roads says at least 19 motorable bridges and around 40 kilometers of roads have also been damaged or washed away.
    — Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Rescue efforts, still in their first stages, have been hampered by the fact that the floodwaters have washed away entire roads.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • It is easily knocked over but practical for indoor use when a flat ground base is too big and a steel pike would damage the floors.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • However, those negotiations remain quite choppy; plus, plenty of inflationary risks are in the pike as higher oil and fertilizer prices work their way through the economy in the coming months.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pike
Noun
  • Inside, rows of in-house brand American Hat Company (manufactured in Bowie) line the walls, and customers queue up for sessions with its team of experienced shapers.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Videos show crowds trying to flee a surging wall of mud, rows of buses and trucks swept aside like toys, and bridges cracked apart and swept away.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of rows
Noun
  • The company and the team will also organize school supply drives, holiday events, youth camps, and football clinics throughout the year.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Panthers also kept the first-team out of the end zone in one of their two drives that started in the red zone.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of drives
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