rotunda
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Go the Capitol rotunda and look up at the dome, where Constantino Brumidi’s fresco The Apotheosis of Washington, painted during the Civil War, shows Washington in heaven, flanked by goddesses.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
He turns and gives her a smile after delivering that line inside the Capitol rotunda.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
And it incinerated his white-and-green stable with its stately central rotunda.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025
Built in 1939 as the Floral Hall, the Ocean Room is a distinctive rotunda building, and for the past 50 years has operated as a night club and function venue.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025
“You see, you start under the rotunda in this circular reading room. Then you go upstairs and enter each of these ten chambers, where you have to answer a question about a book...”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing rotunda
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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