Statue of Liberty
noun phrase
1
: a large copper statue of a woman holding a torch aloft in her right hand located on Liberty Island in New York harbor
2
: a trick play in football in which the ballcarrier takes the ball from the raised hand of a teammate who is faking a pass
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The Statue of Liberty’s promise has been turned on its head.
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Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Examples include Roan’s retro Grammy Awards performance atop a giant pink pony and surrounded by clown cowboys, and arriving on stage at the 2024 Governors Ball by bursting out of a smoking bong apple and emerging in full body paint as the Statue of Liberty.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
At the movie’s end, which departed from the book’s, Heston escapes his captors, makes his way to a barren beach, and discovers the ruins of the Statue of Liberty.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Many paired Islamophobic visuals, including memes of the Statue of Liberty in a niqab, with calls for surveillance, deportation, or denaturalization.
—Juwayriah Wright, Time, 9 July 2025
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Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Examples include Roan’s retro Grammy Awards performance atop a giant pink pony and surrounded by clown cowboys, and arriving on stage at the 2024 Governors Ball by bursting out of a smoking bong apple and emerging in full body paint as the Statue of Liberty.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
At the movie’s end, which departed from the book’s, Heston escapes his captors, makes his way to a barren beach, and discovers the ruins of the Statue of Liberty.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
Many paired Islamophobic visuals, including memes of the Statue of Liberty in a niqab, with calls for surveillance, deportation, or denaturalization.
—Juwayriah Wright, Time, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for Statue of Liberty
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“Statue of Liberty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Statue%20of%20Liberty. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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