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spire

[spahyuhr] / spaɪər /


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A red, white and blue spire sits atop the multistory tower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In his hands Petr holds the model of a church with a curiously tall spire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Barcelona stretched out in every direction, a mosaic of old stone, glass and spire, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia standing like an undone sentry among the rest.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

The fire on 15 April 2019 destroyed the medieval roof-timbers, the spire and three sections of stone vaulting.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

Pulcinella is sparklingly inventive with its source material but it is nevertheless the musical equivalent of placing the Art Deco spire of Manhattan's Chrysler Building on top of Christopher Wren's Greenwich Hospital.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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