totem
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Fashioning your lead actor as a totem to project your thoughts about apathy and loneliness would be a risky move for anyone other than writer-director Amanda Kramer, who’s made a career out of brazen chicness.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
His sculptures, composed of stacked forms and glazed in natural colors, bring to mind chimneys, duct work and totem poles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
"It is a totem of celebration for Chinese people and people around the world," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
"Stephen is much higher on the totem pole than that," Trump said.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
When her ice house was completed and her skins were spread over the floor, she sat down and took out the totem of Amaroq.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
None of their totems turned up in the way we know they can.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
A pair of blue totems from 2016 are built upon an amalgamation of numerous smaller objects, the process and monochromatic finish indebted to Louise Nevelson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
More often than not, the things the gang cooks, markets or consumes are totems of their most earnest, if wildly misdirected, ambitions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Down here in Australia there's a world of awe-inspiring wonders to behold, natural and man-made totems so stunning they can make your jaw drop to the floor.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
What secrets, what male totems are kept in here?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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