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spire

[spahyuhr] / spaɪər /


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Masked pair climb Empire State spire, hang peace banner.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 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

"It was never meant to be controversial but clearly, other than the crooked spire, Chesterfield right at this moment is more famous for this flag."

From BBC Oct. 30, 2025

Nina could see the Elderclock on the highest silvery spire of the palace, its face glowing like a moon.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Francis celebrated a large, open-air Mass against the backdrop of the spired Parliament building on the banks of the Danube River.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2023

One side is bordered by spired red sandstone peaks and juniper trees, and there’s a cluster of family homes on the other side.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2021

Where I live, every day, on the frontlines of this digital revolution, there is every reason to feel in spired.

From The Guardian Apr. 23, 2017

For years, Rabbi White occupied an office on the first floor of Georgetown’s imposing and spired Healy Hall.

From Washington Post Sep. 2, 2015

I wandered within the spired cities and domed pumping stations of Barsoom, and along the verdant banks of the Nilosyrtis and Nepenthes canals.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Fellowship allows universities to nominate four students annually for three-year fellowships that cover spiring computer scientists’ tuition, fees and living expenses while they work with mentors.

From Washington Times Oct. 14, 2022

I declare this tower is my symbol; I declare This winding, gyring, spiring treadmill is my ancestral stair…

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2015

The operators deny "con- spiring" and contend there are simply more miners on hand than the coal market now needs.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found time to keep awe-in spiring files.

From Time Magazine Archive

He read, then thrust it in his lanthorn flame Till it was ashes; 'Follow' and no more Whisper'd, went up the giddy spiring way, I after, till we reached the topmost door.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean




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