torso
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To the left, “Painting and Sculpture” clutches a palette while cradling a miniaturized replica of the Dionysus torso from the Parthenon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Turkey is now seeking the repatriation of other antiquities taken during the Ottoman era: an ancient marble torso called the "Old Fisherman" from Berlin, and dozens of Iznik tiles held at France's Louvre museum.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
To recreate the animal, researchers constructed the torso using polystyrene foam and a wooden frame, then added cotton, bubble paper, and fabric to mimic soft tissues.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
“I’m sorry about my ugly appearance,” a preteen Kaley said in a YouTube video played in court Thursday morning, urgently repeating, “I look so fat,” while panning the camera over her slender torso.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
It ran on too many legs and had heads all over its torso, fanged and dripping with venom.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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