flanking

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Flanking the Hunt likeness, the delayed but imposing 6-foot-3-inch draped caryatids represent both “Architecture” and “Painting and Sculpture.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Flanking a path, perhaps, a row of them forms “a phalanx of vine-covered teepees.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Flanking it on one side is a platter of corn on the cob.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2023

Flanking it are two thick, golden boxes the size of large Hershey bars, embossed with brown mushrooms and the word Patoo.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2023

Flanking the doorway were two armored manikins—like skeletal scarecrows made from bronze pipes, outfitted with full suits of Roman armor, shield and sword.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan