monument
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A cartoonish monument depicting a certain oafish world leader dominates the intersection outside.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
One of his acrylic paintings, featuring two angels soaring above the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. monument, now anchors a larger body of work, “Los Angelitos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The monument had long been beset by structural failures and leaks, and Trump championed the project as part of his bid to beautify the capital city.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
What seems like an unlikely location for a monument today made perfect sense in its time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In 1998, the society had enough of Dr. Harlow's money left to help pay for the bronze monument to Phineas Gage on the town green in Cavendish, Vermont.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Artists spend months crafting these monuments that will burn to ash two nights from now.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The 'trees that hit the moon' are more than towering natural monuments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
"The evidence is clear, vandals have repeatedly caused damage to the Reflecting Pool," Burgum posted on X. "We won't back down to deranged people who want to destroy, deface, or degrade our monuments."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Archaeologist Dr Toby Driver has been racing against the heat to record and study the monuments.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they’ve died.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
Vocabulary lists containing monument
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