effigies
Example Sentences
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He said there were "lots of ideas of how it first started" but looking back through history, "most of it was to do with 1605 when bonfires and effigies were burnt and barrels were plentiful".
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
These modern effigies to mass production and over-consumption carry their own history, gained from both the seller in need and the tourist who purchases them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
Venezuelans set effigies on fire as part of an Easter tradition, while zookeepers in Chile treated their animals to Easter eggs filled with snacks.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024
“We’ve seen this time and time again from groups across countries where groups will burn effigies, crosses and other items, or even just film themselves around large conflagrations,” he said in a email to AP.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
A vast low swale where ferns and hydrangeas and wild orchids lived on in ashen effigies which the wind had not yet reached.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
