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Recent Examples of plage And if a certain beloved swatch of fabric was in places almost too frail and shredded, well, would that have bothered Zelda Fitzgerald, pirouetting in the sand at la plage de la Garoupe? —
Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025 La Réserve de la Mala, one of the best plages in the area, is worth making the trek (or hopping in a taxi boat) to nearby Cap d’Ail. —Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2023
Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025 La Réserve de la Mala, one of the best plages in the area, is worth making the trek (or hopping in a taxi boat) to nearby Cap d’Ail. —Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2023
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Think of all those islands on the southern littoral of Iran.— CBS News, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Hailing from the peninsula’s steppe interior, mountainous east, and Black Sea littoral, this population tended to be devoutly Muslim and, for the most part, had never been fully at ease with the republic’s secularist founding project.— Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
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The lidos are more affordable, the pace is slower, and the crowd is mostly local.— Jenna Curcio, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
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These mega-fans croon old hits, sip drinks on the lido deck, and bask in the tropical sun, deferring midlife crises over a long weekend of spicy adventure.— Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
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Amid rumors of the impending announcement, following a test-run at the Eiffel Tower overnight, fans and sightseers had also gathered on the Trocadero esplanade in anticipation.— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
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Though the city promised that the park’s trees, athletic fields and waterfront esplanade would be restored and improved in tandem with the new protective landscape, controversy raged on.— James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Plage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/plage. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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