octagon
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There is a 600-ton octagon still sitting on the South Lawn.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
The centrepiece is the "Claw" - a 92ft high metal structure that looms over the octagon and many of the seats.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Khabib Nurmagomedov, one of the best grapplers to ever set foot in the octagon, was set to compete for the lightweight belt.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Another potential boxing opponent for the Cameroonian is MVP promoter Paul himself, who stepped into the octagon to celebrate with winners on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
Its center was an octagon topped by a dome that rose 275 feet from floor to peak, higher than the dome of the U.S.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
But borders are borders, and once Strickland has been ejected, it doesn’t take long for everyone to get back to Fan Festing at the various octagons scattered around the Ellipse.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
It's like jumping into a kaleidoscope, with constantly shifting triangles, pentagons and octagons.
From BBC ● May 25, 2025
Jay drew a simple sketch of the interlocking octagons and diamonds that would form the arched ribs of the dome, but he never made a true blueprint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
It doesn’t talk about steering, brakes, red octagons, yellow lights.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
The north and south ends of the façade are flanked by stair-turrets, square in their lower portion, rising into octagons, and surmounted by sharply pointed roofs.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George
Vocabulary lists containing octagon
Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry (Base List)
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