statue
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Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
A statue of Captain Cooke, which stands just a few feet away from the current whale bones, is also made from bronze.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
One statue installed during the NLD administration was removed earlier this month from Mya Kan Thar Park in Yangon, a local resident said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
A bright new store in Shelby attached to a Dunkin’ has 12 gas pumps, a row of colorful slushie machines and a shiny moose statue greeting customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
I was so stiff that I felt I could lift right off the ground like a statue or something.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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Before leaving the village for the modern world, Yuru awakens Left and Right, two statues that have marked the entrance to the village.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
"They can remove the statues, but they can never erase Bogyoke's image," one Yangon resident said, using the Burmese word for general to describe Aung San.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
There were props littered around, ranging from nuclear emergency posters to mouldy Egyptian statues - he said the location was often used in films and TV series, including Doctor Who and the Pembrokeshire Murders.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Tucked beneath the ten Wonder Dome screens in arched niches were ten 3-D statues glowing a ghostly green.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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Academy Awards, List 1
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