Statue of Liberty
noun phrase
1
: a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor
2
: a trick play in football in which the ballcarrier takes the ball from the raised hand of a teammate who is faking a pass
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Among the city's biggest attractions is the Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island in the Upper Bay of New York Harbor.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) quickly grounded the tour company, which was followed by a chorus of calls for a total ban on chopper tours in the Big Apple—hardly reassuring for the scores of tourists who zip around the Statue of Liberty and other sights in helicopters every day.
—Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 21 Apr. 2025
With tongue in cheek, France is asking for the return of the Statue of Liberty since America no longer seems to be the beacon of freedom.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
And that this particular region of space is some kind of interstellar dumping ground — hence the remains of a black taxi cab, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and an Egyptian Pyramid floating through space as the TARDIS flies away.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) quickly grounded the tour company, which was followed by a chorus of calls for a total ban on chopper tours in the Big Apple—hardly reassuring for the scores of tourists who zip around the Statue of Liberty and other sights in helicopters every day.
—Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 21 Apr. 2025
With tongue in cheek, France is asking for the return of the Statue of Liberty since America no longer seems to be the beacon of freedom.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
And that this particular region of space is some kind of interstellar dumping ground — hence the remains of a black taxi cab, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and an Egyptian Pyramid floating through space as the TARDIS flies away.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Statue of Liberty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Statue%20of%20Liberty. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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