monument
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By then, graffiti had been scrubbed from the central monument that pays tribute to the French Republic, including its tradition of insurrection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
It’s no wonder that, when she meets someone who can bridge that gap, she wants to make a monument of it.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The monument is a line of arches and pillars constructed to resemble the fortress gates of Negatapam - a town in India and the scene of fighting between British and French forces in the 1780s.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ms. Margolles purchased a home in the middle of this and demolished it, here reconstructing the rubble into a rectangular minimalist monument that stretches across a large gallery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Styx laughed the first time he saw our odd little Grasshopper monument.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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Visitors to Ireland are often surprised by the number of prehistoric burial monuments that stand like apparitions beside roaring highways or humming industrial estates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
There are great musical monuments to historical upheavals, but vanishingly few were written during the events they depict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
It is felt most strongly in the memorial garden on the site of the fallen school, and among the white arched monuments of the cemetery.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Juxtaposing Jim Crow-era Confederate monuments and recent art, “Monuments” challenges white supremacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The black hulks of the broken ships stood out in the sun, looming monuments to a world that had fallen apart.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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