erected
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A portrait of Ann Widdecombe has been erected in Parliament to remember the former MP, who was found dead with serious head injuries last month.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
You can tell the importance of someone by how many statutes have been erected in tribute, and Sir Billy Boston wasn't lacking.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
AFP saw several residents of the small town of Mbay, in Nagekeo regency nearest the epicentre, camped out in makeshift tents they had erected using tarpaulins and poles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
When the cow died, Granma published her obituary on its front page, and a marble statue of her was erected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Scorned when it was first erected in the late 1950s, it is a brilliant, if idiosyncratic, creation by one of the most original architectural minds of the century.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
