lido

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Recent Examples of lido The show will delve into swimming’s evolution over the past century in three locations: the pool, the lido, and nature. George Nelson For Artnews, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024 Escape the ruckus at a beach club, or lido, such as Pettolecchia Il Lido, a luxury spot between Bari and Brindisi. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024 The brand-new lakefront sandy lido is fully renovated to highlight the glamour of the Italian Riviera during the 1950s and 1960s. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 The chums who are just a bit taller, a bit fitter, who have bigger houses, more money, better connections, who swim faster and cope better with the lido’s freezing winter temperatures. Claire Cohen, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023 From this angle, the water looked like a private lido. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023 Cruises may bring to mind parties on the lido deck, communal buffets and flashy Broadway-style shows. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023 Decompress after a busy Florentine adventure with a few days on the Ligurian coast, or spend a morning at the lido to cleanse your palate after too many gondola rides in Venice. Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023 With a population of about 100,000 and a lido, or beachfront boardwalk, lined with casual-to-Michelin restaurants, Funchal radiates energy. Leron Kornreich, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lido
Noun
  • 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
  • Just weeks after Paris hosted it’s annual Open, models and IT girls have been sporting distinctly Francophile hair accessories fit for a weekend a la plage.
    Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 1 July 2017
Noun
  • The mid-rise hotel tower was built at the north end of the property over a long pedestal housing a soaring, double-height lobby and a vast, covered esplanade of amenities.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Anniversary décor will be added throughout the entire resort, including a 50-foot sculpture inspired by Sleeping Beauty Castle in the esplanade between the theme parks.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Designed in collaboration with multidisciplinary designer Steve Oh, the new space is housed in the Mapo-gu area and designed as a recreation and celebration of Southbank: the London riverside skate spot that was the birthplace of Palace.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The historical lands of the Swahili are on east Africa’s Indian Ocean littoral.
    John M. Mugane, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • Harbor police responded just after 9 p.m. to the waterfront near the southern edge of Harbor Island regarding a report of truck that had been speeding south on Harbor Island Drive and ended up in the bay.
    Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The opposition to the casino is a sad departure for a community that gave us the High Line and Hudson River Park, which have brought new life and energy to the Hudson River waterfront.
    Mitchell Moss, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Official vendors concentrate in Jackson Square, the Old U.S. Mint and along the riverfront.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The riverfront Intercontinental Hotel Dieu is unabashedly Lyon’s swishest hotel and is well located for walking to the wine bars and restaurants where Beaujolais is poured.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Image Most of the storm’s damage so far has been caused by floodwaters that overtopped riverbanks and levees, surged through streets and inundated the basements and ground floors of buildings.
    Patrick J. Lyons, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Romans established Londinium just north of the river’s marshy valley after invading Britain in 43 C.E. Colossal wooden quays stood on the ancient settlement’s riverbank.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Lido.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lido. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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