monument
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Police detained six activists who had draped Greenpeace protest banners from a monument on Jakarta's central Bundaran HI roundabout on Tuesday morning, before the student marches, according to Jeanny Sirait, a campaigner for the NGO.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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
And not to be outdone, XPeng touted a test of autonomous-driving technology it conducted around the Arc de Triomphe, the 19th century monument commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte on the Champs-Elysées.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
If you’re going to film a literary monument, and a period piece to boot, you’re going to have to spend some money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Entering the monument, they were taken to a small room where Interior Secretary Ickes was waiting.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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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
The East Potomac facility, which offers the public affordable green fees near Washington’s famous monuments, has been open for more than a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Juxtaposing Jim Crow-era Confederate monuments and recent art, “Monuments” challenges white supremacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
But I was in no way prepared for the massive skyscrapers, gorgeous beachside drives, and awesome monuments I saw on our initial trip in the country.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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