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[kuh-thee-druhl] / kəˈθi drəl /


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The city’s main cathedral created a life-size cutout of the pontiff that visitors can pose with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

A restaurant near the cathedral, where he used to eat goat stew for lunch, put up a sign claiming to be the “pope’s restaurant.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

"Argentina was deeply hurt to lose its pope," she told AFP at the door of the cathedral.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

The layout of the home is certainly unique, with an open-concept floor plan that’s heightened with cathedral ceilings and oversized windows.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

She was a grand old thing, a cathedral of a mountain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In less than a decade, the Bananas have migrated from minor league bandboxes to sold-out cathedrals like Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

What is happening at Rochester mirrors a broader reckoning happening across churches, cathedrals and the Church of England.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

“What an incredible opportunity to elevate the sport in a city where you have one of the great cathedrals of the sport,” Wasserman told The Times last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

The plan then called for a mammoth floating crane, as tall as one of England’s largest cathedrals, to hook into the framework and raise it upward and sideways to a position directly above the cradle.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler


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