minaret
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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Less than a kilometre from the front line, Mukhtar al-Badri Mohieddin is walking with a stick near a mosque with a damaged minaret.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
We have verified its location using visual clues such as the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Khan Younis.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023
A minaret looming above Moulay Brahim was severely damaged and appeared at risk of toppling if nudged by another tremor.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023
We were so busy, I barely noticed the call to evening prayers from the minaret in the distance or the sun setting outside our window.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
Vocabulary lists containing minaret
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