statue
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Not far away, Yount was bronzed mid-swing as a statue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
But it becomes clear during “Raising Lady Liberty” that the obstacles that lay before the statue in the 1870s are still floating around a figurative, swampy New York Harbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Staines-upon-Thames resident Alex Balkan, who campaigned for a statue of Ali G in the town, says the character remains a source of local pride.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Demonstrators put up banners around the statue at the heart of the square complaining about the cost of living.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
He talked aloud to Amanda too, addressing her statue.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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A double-page illustration of the bustling crowds around the Colosseum acts as both an entertaining “Where’s Waldo?”-esque search for the statues and an example of the frenetic discombobulation they feel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Standing sentry, bizarrely, were tall, cartoonish statues — half storm troopers, half USC Trojans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Pluribus” star Rhea Seehorn finally won the best actress statues that long eluded her, and series creator Vince Gilligan scored a writing Emmy.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Self said she had set out to put an ordinary contemporary Londoner on a site more usually associated with statues of monarchs and military commanders.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The corridor was flanked on both sides by marble statues of creatures: nymphs and dryads, armed centaurs, a unicorn.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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