statues

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World Cup player statues in the capital have been toppled by protesters, with teachers demanding higher wages threatening to disrupt matches if their wishes are not met.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Officials in New Orleans, which had removed several Confederate statues, resisted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

A fraudster who tried to sell bogus ancient statues to Sotheby's was foiled when his fake accompanying paperwork was found to be written with printing methods that were 25 years too modern, a court heard.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

He sat on a stone, looking with wet eyes at a blurred world, at the statues, Amanda, Gower, and the others, at the daisies beyond the statues, at the tall, silent trees.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig