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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Lightning strikes the Statue of Liberty in New York on April 3, 2024.@dantvusa via Twitter
Northern Queens and the Bronx were under a coastal flood warning until 10 a.m. Thursday, and Southern Queens has a coastal flood warning until 7 a.m., New York City Emergency Management said.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
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Plans to revitalize the museum’s interior are 60% funded as the public campaign to raise additional funding begins, the foundation says.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
This was on an afternoon in late March, and Wiig and Rudolph, who specialize in lighter, glass-free fare, were perched high over New York in the penthouse suite of a luxury hotel with a zillion-dollar view — rooftops, rivers, the Statue of Liberty in the distance.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The company offers hundreds of educational lessons that range from taking a virtual trip to the Statue of Liberty to lessons on algebra.
—Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Subway ads for the series featured a shot of uniformed police officers, a burly polyester wall, with Preston seemingly poking her head in from out of frame, wearing a pink overcoat, a crocheted scarf and a foam Statue of Liberty crown.
—Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Rosie Lee Hooks, the director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, says, to some people in the community, the towers are more important than the Statue of Liberty.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
In 1903, her famous sonnet was cast on a bronze plaque and attached to the inner wall of the Statue of Liberty.
—Sari Beth Rosenberg, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
The partially hollow arena could fit the entire Statue of Liberty, base to torch, comfortably inside.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Related article The Statue of Liberty has a new museum – and a podcast
Plans to revitalize the museum’s interior are 60% funded as the public campaign to raise additional funding begins, the foundation says.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
This was on an afternoon in late March, and Wiig and Rudolph, who specialize in lighter, glass-free fare, were perched high over New York in the penthouse suite of a luxury hotel with a zillion-dollar view — rooftops, rivers, the Statue of Liberty in the distance.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The company offers hundreds of educational lessons that range from taking a virtual trip to the Statue of Liberty to lessons on algebra.
—Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Subway ads for the series featured a shot of uniformed police officers, a burly polyester wall, with Preston seemingly poking her head in from out of frame, wearing a pink overcoat, a crocheted scarf and a foam Statue of Liberty crown.
—Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Rosie Lee Hooks, the director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, says, to some people in the community, the towers are more important than the Statue of Liberty.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
In 1903, her famous sonnet was cast on a bronze plaque and attached to the inner wall of the Statue of Liberty.
—Sari Beth Rosenberg, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
The partially hollow arena could fit the entire Statue of Liberty, base to torch, comfortably inside.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
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