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It faced several major droughts between 2002 and 2016, making it almost a symbol for water scarcity in a country where several regions face similar hardships.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
She's cast out by the community, who look on her as a symbol of evil and bad luck.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The symbol for that facility, 404 Media reported, was a sharp-toothed green dinosaur holding an open book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Duffy points out a chair with a sun symbol painted on its crest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“We call this the Mark of Eden. It’s an ancient symbol that’ll be on the Msaidizi.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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These were the most frequently searched ticker symbols on MarketWatch as of 6 a.m.:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead of being blunt, he presents constellations of ideas that provide a stream-of-consciousness experience, where signs, symbols, objects, colors and emotions all compete for attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
His campaign was also briefly tripped up by court rulings banning his use of national symbols like Colombia's football jersey -- decisions that were later overturned.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The nation of Singapore has strict laws against displaying foreign flags or national symbols without a permit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
She hunched over and murmured to herself, and I swear I saw silver symbols etched in the air before they disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Beware Of the symboled Curse in the Bondman there!
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
Will thy hand hold the pen which shall indict The symboled mystery-write the final knell Of rainbow fancy-is the distant sight A nothingless encircled by a spell Of gleaming bubbles wrought of beauty's shell?
From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by William Stanley Braithwaite
These cherubs symboled the joy of life, and when Allegri wished to sign his name, he drew a cherub.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard
At its lowest, the instinct that boosts us up to peep over our neighbor's transom, symboled by a knot-hole.
From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Elbert Hubbard
His jaw was the jaw of courage; his chin meant purpose; his nose symboled intellect, poise and power; his brow spelled brain.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Elbert Hubbard
Great are the symbols of being, but that which is symbolled is greater; Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the inward creator.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin
The public too should be sufficiently knowing to catch the code signals of each artist whereby these natural facts are symbolled.
From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Henry Rankin Poore
That with the earth symbolled forth sudden, or perhaps violent, death; that with the water, emigration or ship-wreck; while that with the ring, of course a wedding and domestic happiness.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
It was in my heart, and must have been symbolled in my countenance.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Mayne Reid
The Word in truth is symbolled forth by that straight stem on which I hang.
From The Gnostic Crucifixion by G. R. S. Mead
Be it the birthday wreath she wears Fresh and fair, and symbolling The young number of her years, The sweet blushes of her spring.
From Ballads by William Makepeace Thackeray
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