monumental
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Houdon’s marbles of Jefferson and Washington have had monumental afterlives, impacting depictions of presidents from the Lincoln Memorial to Mount Rushmore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The Russian 25th seed, playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final, reeled off 12 of the final 13 games to win 3-6 7-5 6-0 and complete a monumental upset.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
This struck him as a monumental misuse of resources.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The piece will run about seven hours from sundown to sunrise, 365 days a year, just across the street from Jeff Koons’ monumental topiary sculpture “Split-Rocker.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
I remember redwood trees so monumental it took five of us, fully grown with arms outstretched, to encircle just one of them.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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