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In the years since, Gu has established herself as a veritable sports icon in China.
From BBC
“She is Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he tells me, a Marian apparition venerated as a national icon in Mexico.
Tourists can often be seen taking pictures with the mural, now an icon in Penang.
From BBC
When Aunt Melissa arrives home from work thirty minutes later, Pierre is a fashion icon.
From Literature
By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
