statue
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Secret Handshake had obtained the necessary permits to display the statue and the group was allowed to reinstall it after repairing the damage that was done when it was removed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
After “Best Friends Forever,” Secret Handshake created another statue featuring Trump and Epstein — this time re-creating the iconic bow-of-the-ship scene from “Titanic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The stance recreates that of a statue housed in his country's capital Kinshasa - a tribute to Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic in 1960.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
DR Congo superfan Michel Kuka Mboladinga, better known as Lumumba Vea or the "living statue", became one of the most recognisable spectators early on in the tournament.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I sold the statue to a Parisian painter friend of mine.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Among the statues, masks, jewelry and more are artifacts from the recently unearthed “Golden City,” a workers’ community near Luxor, which are being presented in the U.S. for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Before leaving the village for the modern world, Yuru awakens Left and Right, two statues that have marked the entrance to the village.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
After local media reported the removal of several statues, government spokeswoman Khaing Khaing Soe said earlier this month that only those with "incorrect proportions and shapes are being systematically reviewed and addressed".
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
“I wanted to read and play on the statues, but Lily said we had to meet you. And I came without a fuss.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Vocabulary lists containing statue
Academy Awards, List 1
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