plinth
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At the center, resting on a plinth in front of a shallow niche and beneath a graceful valance of laurel, is French’s striking bronze portrait bust of Hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Under the cover of darkness, the street artist erected a statue on a plinth showing a besuited man walking forward, blinded by a flag covering his face.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Later that year, in October, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 for defacing the statue by painting "racist" on its plinth during a climate protest.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
But the thing on the left is just a geometric slab of no discernible purpose, a plinth with no identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Forcing her way to the front of the crowd, she was shoved up against the stone of a plinth.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Lord of the Flies
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