rotunda
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Beneath the rotunda, Trump also showed Xi the US constitution, the document that set out the principles of the country's democratic government two and a half centuries ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
While robots in the rotunda were programmed to dance, other robots at the event were teleoperated by engineers who wore body suits and virtual-reality headsets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
“But she walked into the rotunda and she started reading Lincoln’s words that are engraved into the wall. It was such a moving moment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
The security guard, Clarence, and a guy who looked like his identical twin brother entered the rotunda, each of them carrying an aluminum attache case.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
A famous example was a 1986 column on the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s proposal to expand its iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building by erecting a rectangular tower behind the smaller of the building’s two rotundas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Last year for Doors Open Day the Malin Group engineering firm which now inhabits one of the rotundas allowed the public to visit.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
TV news crews often do live hits and interviews from both rotundas.
From Fox News ● Mar. 23, 2019
Paschina named his Bordeaux blend Octagon, after the shape Jefferson used for the rotundas at Barboursville and at his own Monticello.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2015
The discovery of the imperial graves which filled the two rotundas did not take place at one and the same time.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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