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cathedral

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a large, magnificent, or massive building the company didn't want just a new office building—it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance

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Recent Examples of cathedral Images showed one of the towers of the city's neo-Gothic cathedral had collapsed and fallen on the nave. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 In Manizales, a city about 190 miles (300 kilometers) west of Bogota, one of the towers of the neo-Gothic cathedral collapsed and fell on the nave. — Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Jenna Bush Hager and her husband, Henry Chase Hager, soaked up the sights in Rome with their children in August 2025, checking out the iconic Colosseum, taking in historic art and cathedrals, and, of course, eating some gelato. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 They have been launched from mountains, riverbanks, bridges, medieval ramparts, cathedrals. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cathedral

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After spending years locked away in an isolated tower, Rapunzel is eventually rescued by the fugitive thief, Flynn Rider.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The thumbnail image showed a red skull, a power transmission tower — and an Iranian flag.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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Built in 1829 as a seminary, the Colonial-style edifice went on to become a country club, then faculty housing for nearby Bennington College, and later a private home, remaining in the same family’s care for some six decades.

— Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026
In a provocation to the Forest Service officers monitoring the blockade, the slightest nudging threatened to send the edifice crashing to the ground and Tubbs to his maiming or death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

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