totem
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His sculptures, composed of stacked forms and glazed in natural colors, bring to mind chimneys, duct work and totem poles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
He has become the totem of this game, but he's 24th man on Saturday.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
"It is a totem of celebration for Chinese people and people around the world," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Indeed, it is difficult to think of any place outside the tribal areas of Afghanistan or Waziristan where the firearm is such a cultural totem.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
“Goré Mtoko’s totem was the leopard. So is ours.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
But he is best known for his inimitable, Surrealist pictures featuring skeletal, architectonic figures—merging humans, animals, foliage, totems and signs—which, though indecipherable, are instantly recognizable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
To add spice they were without three totems of their team, Lawrence Shankland, Cammy Devlin and Beni Baningime.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
More often than not, the things the gang cooks, markets or consumes are totems of their most earnest, if wildly misdirected, ambitions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
What Lévi-Strauss concluded about totems can be applied to dioramas, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
All the totems of Bull’s disenchantment with the South could be carved from pillars of congealed grits.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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