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emblem

[em-bluhm] / ˈɛm bləm /


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This seems an almost perfect emblem of the larger conversation he is pursuing, the consolations he believes we must enact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

An AFP photographer on Thursday saw that the diplomatic emblem and a plaque that adorned the consulate's facade had been removed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

I don’t know how Warhol thought of his wigs, but I wanted it to be a sort of emblem of protection for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Nineties stalwart Gap is hoping to add fuel to its recent revival with another emblem of the era: a boy band about to start a mall tour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Biblical writers saw the magnificent, 270-foot-high Tower of Babel as an emblem of man’s arrogance in trying to reach heaven.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He told me about this 1968 Dodge Charger R/T he had seen with emblems of the Cincinnati Bengals football team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

Several parents criticised schools for using logos and emblems on multiple items, meaning they cannot buy generic versions for cheaper.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

In the sea of people marching and chanting, the emblems of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador and other countries were markers of the makeup of the community, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

They wore lion-skin capes and held poles decorated with each cohort’s emblems.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan


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