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But Amy upped the antae with two solid waves right before the horn, and claimed the win, with a pair of Emu boots and backpack full of other goodies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The former assumes that the blocks for the two corresponding antae were ordered by the architect without his specifying for which anta the several blocks were intended.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

It will have a portico of two columns, and two antae of Portland stone, of the height of the ground story, which is very lofty, and the width of the entire compartment of the front.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 by Various

In it were carved out four chambers or reservoirs all connected and a porch consisting of three pillars between two antae in which the side walls ended.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The two side gateways, in their elevations, present two insulated Ionic columns, flanked by antae.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 by Various