statuette
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"This Oscar was made of the metal of a railway car" damaged in a Russian attack, it said, calling the statuette "a symbol of resilience".
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
"I've already dusted off the shelf for it," he told AFP in January, referring to the golden statuette that he ended up taking.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Academy librarian Margaret Herrick is said to have remarked that the golden statuette resembled her uncle Oscar.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
For nearly a century, the Oscar statuette has been Hollywood’s most enduring symbol of success, a gold-plated knight gripping a crusader’s sword, designed to look as permanent as the honor it represents.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Everything was hodgepodge: grandmotherly lamps stood next to El Greco reproductions; bull’s horns hung from the neck of an Aphrodite statuette.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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