cupola
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The great painter replied: “Fill the cupola with gold . . . and that will still not be enough to pay its worth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
It features an 11-foot square cupola with windows on each side, and the tip of that is reachable only by ladder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
On a post office, I saw a strip of asphalt shingles under a cupola that had a copper roof.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
You capture the beauty looking out of the cupola, but also the claustrophobia of an I.S.S. “bedroom.”
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2024
Birds wheeled over the fishing docks, and a long golden pennant flew from the cupola of Nero’s pale-pink palace.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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