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obelisk

noun as in stone pillar

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Idly she tapped the obelisk clock with the handle of her teaspoon.

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The pharaoh, Thutmosis III, has tasked us to carve a large obelisk out of the granite.

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In Venice, Meals was equally moved when he accidentally came upon an obelisk marking the spot where, in April 1942, more than a thousand Japanese Americans boarded buses for Manzanar.

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As an obelisk, the Washington Monument serves as a reminder of Rome’s victory over Egypt.

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The rhyming of her body with this well-known obelisk, a symbol of the power invested in the first presidency, is striking.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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