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Recent Examples of spiredAn interesting add-on is Casa Museu Gaudí, the pink, spired building inside the park.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026 For instant — but challenging — immersion, take the short and often steep hike to the spired Cathedral Rock (about a mile, out and back).—New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025 Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world.—
Sarah Quiñones Wolfson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2024 It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise.—
Cassidy Randall,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2023
Gold was also the color scheme for the Danish royal’s slingback pointed-toe pumps.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2026
Investors and insurers are starting to ask developers more pointed questions about the buildings’ physical integrity and siting, Peiser said, and asking for better forecasts about future climate exposure.
The strikes marked a sharp escalation in fighting between the two South Asian countries and risked further complicating international efforts to ease tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.
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MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2026
The Aries Full Moon illuminates your 2nd house of resources, bringing income, spending, possessions, or self-worth into sharper focus.
First, Wheaton North’s Johnny Clayton intercepted a tipped pass, but the offense couldn’t move the ball, and the subsequent punt was blocked by Clark Jensen.
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Mike McGraw,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Sep. 2026
At the moment, the state of Florida minimum hourly wage stands at $14 an hour for non-tipped employees.
The state oversees different types of facilities for kids in the justice system, ranging in security level from group homes to prisons surrounded by barbed wire.
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Paige Pfleger,
ProPublica,
25 Sep. 2026
Which is to say, this is more a barbed comedy of manners than a proper, elegant period piece.