totem
Example Sentences
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The totem pole from “Northern Exposure” ended up at the boutique rental home after a quarter-century as a downtown landmark.
From Seattle Times
Maybe it was easier to tear apart the evidence than to acknowledge they’d once imbued those totems with power.
From Los Angeles Times
“Newspapers used to run the show. Now I think they’re down at the bottom of the totem pole.”
From Seattle Times
“There is beauty in the danger,” he said, pointing out knives and spearlike edges of some of the sculptural totems in his studio.
From New York Times
From their youngest years, our children play with toy versions of Spider-Man and Captain Marvel as though they were tiny totems — which, in a way, they are.
From Salon
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