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 became a frequent motif Guantánamo artists deployed to communicate the betrayal of U.S. laws and ideals.
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Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
In the 2024 presidential election, however, the American people voted against the American Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, the Constitution and the Statue of Liberty.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
By Kaitlyn Tiffany The #Democrat and #Democrats hashtags, on Instagram, are affixed to a lot of low-quality content: a crying Statue of Liberty; Elon Musk with a Hitler mustache; other, worse memes that aren’t even decipherable.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Like America, the Statue of Liberty is not standing still.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
In the 2024 presidential election, however, the American people voted against the American Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, the Constitution and the Statue of Liberty.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
By Kaitlyn Tiffany The #Democrat and #Democrats hashtags, on Instagram, are affixed to a lot of low-quality content: a crying Statue of Liberty; Elon Musk with a Hitler mustache; other, worse memes that aren’t even decipherable.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Like America, the Statue of Liberty is not standing still.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Statue of Liberty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Statue%20of%20Liberty. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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