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
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
Its three spectacular bedrooms, one in a former chapel under a cupola, is imagined, the hotel managers say, as a Roman refuge for Arab sheikhs, Harry and Meghan, and Hollywood royalty.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023
The room was round, and capped by an absurd Byzantine cupola surrounded with windows, through which one could see all the rooftops of the city and feel close to the clouds.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing cupola
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