statue
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Brazil, known for its Christ the Redeemer statue looming over Rio de Janeiro, hosts the world's second-largest Christian population after the United States, according to the Pew Research Center.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Banksy owns the copyright but the council is responsible for the cost of keeping the statue safe.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
But now, I seriously doubted anyone was going to hand me a bronze statue for the way I yelled at my kids for not finishing their chicken nuggets.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Trump lavished praise on Xi and gave him a bald eagle statue, declaring the two had “never gotten along better.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Of all the items described, none captured the public’s attention as much as the huge, full bronze statue of a handsome Greek young man that immediately became known as “The Antikythera Youth.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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“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
Amid statues and posters of the Virgen de Guadalupe was a rosary that a man had made of hardened bread during his months in an immigration detention facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He is immortalised in two more statues, in Wigan where he is an adopted son and in his home city of Cardiff.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
But he added: "Maybe he believes that statues and buildings and other things named for him will substitute for the kind of performance in office that makes you a memorable president."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
They just stand there, frozen, like three very wrinkly statues.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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