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icon

noun as in symbol or representation

noun as in a holy image

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in admired person

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In a ritual unseen by the cameras, volunteers heave the floating icons toward the asphalt.

Predatory regimes can also offer some grace to failed icons.

The third channel promises to be a mixed bag of the freshened and familiar, today’s icons and tomorrow’s sentimental favorites, with the mix heavily tilted toward combustion.

As the eponymous figure, a global Hollywood icon, Mr. Clooney is obtuse yet endearing as his character tries to reconnect with his young-adult daughter on a jaunt through Europe to an Italian film festival.

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