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Recent Examples of spiredIts terra-cotta walls and spired boxwoods signal the style instantly, and inside are huge arched wooden doors and bespoke kitchen tiling.—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024 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 Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters.—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well.—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
The Labubu, with its pointed ears and pointy teeth, was created by artist and illustrator Kasing Lung and made its debut in 2015 via three picture books inspired by Nordic mythology.
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Fortune,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
Broadly, there are five primary bill types, including conical, hooked, chisels, pointed needle-like and spoon-like beaks.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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