pagoda
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Be sure to end the meal with the banana pagoda, a playful dessert presented in a chocolate box that’s smashed tableside for a bit of theatrical flair.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
But not yet, said the woman sheltering with family under makeshift tents at a Buddhist pagoda in Banteay Meanchey province.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
Over at Shrubsole, I couldn’t look away from the contemporaneous Chinoiserie “epergne,” a botanically themed silver serving dish whose nine separate floating bowls are surmounted by a pagoda roof topped with a pineapple.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Satellite footage obtained by HRW showed a round dome at a mosque in Liaoqiao village being replaced by a Chinese-style pagoda sometime between October 2018 and January 2020.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
Yet when Armpit and Kaira stopped and kissed by the pagoda on Grant Avenue, it seemed to each of them like they were the only two people on the street.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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Astrologers consult a national zodiac, palm readers ring pagodas, would-be alchemists attempt to transmute mercury into gold and SIM card companies advertise dial-a-diviners.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Constructed in 1960, the buildings, known as pagodas, were two of six laboratories used as test cells to carry out environmental tests on the atomic bomb.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2023
About 40,000 are still sheltering in sturdy buildings such as monasteries, pagodas and schools, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
At the March council meeting, some praised Saro, saying she has educated the community about the word Sankranta and that it is used in Cambodia at different temples and pagodas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2023
I saw two pagodas, one on each side of the street, as though they were the entrance to a great Buddha temple.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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East Asia - Middle School
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