iconic

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In 2004, the Flaming Lips created an iconic Coachella moment when singer Wayne Coyne traveled over the crowd in a giant inflatable ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Hundreds of people passed by, carrying shopping bags or stopping to take selfies with the Art Institute’s iconic lion statues.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Wireless has described the event, running from 10-12 July, as a "three night journey through his most iconic records".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders captured the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space, with the Moon's cratered surface in the foreground.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

They planned events featuring Henrietta Lacks look-alikes —a few Turner Station women who’d style their hair like Henrietta’s and wear suits identical to the one she wore in her iconic photo.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot