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Recent Examples of spire
The scaffolding is slated to rise to the very top of the building, whose pinnacle is graced by a cupola and a needle-like spire.
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Kermit the Frog's journey began atop a spire at what was first the century-old Chaplin Studio in Hollywood.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
That spire of skulls will likely play heavily into the horror hit's sequel, The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta (Hedda) and written by 28 Years Later scribe Alex Garland (Civil War).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
Nancy is the first inside and pulls Holly down from the spire.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
Kermit the Frog's journey began atop a spire at what was first the century-old Chaplin Studio in Hollywood.
—Brian Unger, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
That spire of skulls will likely play heavily into the horror hit's sequel, The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta (Hedda) and written by 28 Years Later scribe Alex Garland (Civil War).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
Nancy is the first inside and pulls Holly down from the spire.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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Any short-term relief provided by these loans is quickly erased when workers receive a fraction of their paychecks on payday and end up in a spiral, spending hundreds of dollars a year on fees.—
Christopher Greenwood,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Concerns that private credit could become the next pressure point on Wall Street are mounting, but industry pros said fears of a broader liquidity spiral may be overstated.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Its eponymous flowers are deep red-orange and the foliage is composed of whorls of needle-like, silvery-blue leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Because tight coils shrink and compress, density changes may be harder to notice at first.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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The hybrid design features a whopping 5,500 premium pocket coils and three comfort layers of latex-foam.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kim lets out a sob and a hank of Natalie’s hair clings to her tears.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
Noun
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Shawkat, with her warm, amused eyes and her mop of curls, is a perfect carrier for Mae’s air of abjection, flopping around her bed like a horny, gloomy Raggedy Ann.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Hair type refers to your curl pattern.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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