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weather vane
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Instead, atop the Amazon bookstore at Palisades Village, a copper weather vane has a sailboat inscribed with the name of Caruso’s 216-foot yacht, Invictus. — Christina Binkley, WSJ, "The Man Who Could Save Retail," 17 Sep. 2018 But even where the roofs have been painted over with drabber colors, there is a look to the exteriors—vaguely colonial, with cupolas that once hoisted metal weather vanes bearing the image of Simple Simon and the Pieman—that is the tipoff. — Bob Greene, WSJ, "What Ever Happened to Howard Johnson’s?," 26 Sep. 2018 Then its wings — 132 feet from tip to tip — began to spin around its axis like a weather vane. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, "‘A C-130 literally just dropped out of the sky:’ A deadly plane crash stuns drivers in Savannah," 3 May 2018 Even the old weather vane was polished and put back on top of the workshop's new roof. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, "Neglected, humble Woodstock cottage flips (before, during, after photos)," 6 Apr. 2018 The wind was strong enough to spin a weather vane, but Rosen was unflappable. — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, "At UCLA's pro day, Josh Rosen shows he can do more than sling it," 16 Mar. 2018 The museum’s permanent collection consists of more than 1,100 objects of American and European sporting art, including paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, weather vanes and objects d’art dating from the late 17th century to the present. — The New York Times, New York Times, "The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off," 13 Mar. 2018 But then the Association started honoring each president, sequentially, beginning with a dove copied from the weather vane at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. — CBS News, "Trimming the tree with presidential history," 17 Dec. 2017 But the real weather vane for the country may be many rungs down the ballot in obscure races for the House of Delegates. — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, "In Obscure Virginia Races, a Test of Anger at the President," 2 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'weather vane.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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