monument
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Minutes into the climb, the plebes roll their T-shirts up and throw them, like emcees at a ball game, toward the base of the monument, where other midshipmen use them to wipe off the grease.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
“Sometimes it feels like there’s no other way to draw attention to this problem than to have a physical reminder,” Zaldivar said of the monument.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
Monticello may have the authoritative presence of a civic monument, but the moment you step inside you are startled by its human scale, and by its intimate and personal character.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Today, the summer solstice at Stonehenge is the biggest draw, when thousands of people come to witness sunrise at the monument.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Styx laughed the first time he saw our odd little Grasshopper monument.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing monument
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