monument
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“Vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument honoring the Americans who fought and died for our freedom,” Pirro said on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I will continue to fight for this treasured national monument."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
Although some ferns had overgrown the outer ring of rocks, our monument was still standing.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
The new Lincoln Memorial undercroft is more than a tribute to an engineering marvel; it is a reminder that even iconic monuments must evolve over time, none as meaningfully as this one has.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
People stop to photograph details destined to disappear in the cremà, when the monuments go up in flame.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
"It does have beautiful illustrations in it and some pages that fold out to show you they were using exact measurements of some of the monuments in Greece."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Its carefully planned streets and advanced brick drainage systems indicate that resources were directed toward shared infrastructure rather than monuments celebrating rulers or religious elites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The monuments look carved from the wind, hunched and holed and weathered, translucent, and stretch as far as the eye can see.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Vocabulary lists containing monument
Brown Girl Dreaming
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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"A Rose for Emily"
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