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Recent Examples of megalith
Despite the deluge of new data, the megaliths had given up none of their obdurate strangeness.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Chief among these was the sacrifice of childhood upon the altar of commerce, performed by such capitalistic megaliths as Disney, whose Mickey Mouse figured prominently in his oeuvre.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Nov. 2025
Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Other new inductees include mysterious granite megaliths in Brittany, France, and petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream in South Korea.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Chief among these was the sacrifice of childhood upon the altar of commerce, performed by such capitalistic megaliths as Disney, whose Mickey Mouse figured prominently in his oeuvre.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Nov. 2025
Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Other new inductees include mysterious granite megaliths in Brittany, France, and petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream in South Korea.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megalith
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Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The new report also tracked an increase in antisemitic attacks that resulted in physical harm, including beatings and stone throwing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The city will lower its flags to half-staff and keep its gateway monument lights dark through April 29 in Cluck's honor, a city spokesperson told CBS News Texas.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Foreman's family returned Thursday to his burial site, holding a news conference with Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott to reveal Foreman's burial place, marked by a large monument that bears an image of him as a teen following his Olympic gold medal boxing win.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In 1975, the museum purchased his work Georgia Gate, a structure of fluidly bent pine staves inspired by photos of Georgia tombstones the artist saw in musicologist Marshall Stearns’s 1970 book The Story of Jazz.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Last year, the City Council approved an ordinance to offer rewards for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The monolith has cracked, giving way to a market that demands differentiation.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The horrors under the monoliths’ shimmering surfaces remind us to look at the land, then look deeper.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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With the thieves and vandals digging up gravestones and stealing plaques made of precious metals, Bishop has spent an extraordinary amount of money on repairs, security and maintenance.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Many gravestones were broken and lay crumbled on the ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalith. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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