iconoclast
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Important works of art from Bohemian lands were destroyed by iconoclasts during the Hussite Wars of the 15th century, and much was taken as booty during the Thirty Years’ War in the 17th.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
She also became friendly with other cultural iconoclasts, including Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone and Muhammad Ali.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
"We're one of these bands that comes about every 15 or 20 years," says Massaquoi, referencing that list of iconoclasts that Hastings drew up in the studio.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2023
He prefers to nurture the iconoclasts and rulebreakers, who, he said, “are challenging the status quo of how art is made and who gets to make it.”
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
The method and discipline, if I may so say, in the movements of the iconoclasts, were as extraordinary as their celerity.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
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