Recent Examples on the WebAs the venue prepares for its upcoming centennial, this work continues with projects like fixing the turquoise onion dome on the roof.—Steven Satterfield, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024 Outside, a carousel topped with an onion dome spins in the courtyard.—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023 The curtain was ornately embroidered with images of bears, onion domes, and noble savages untainted by logic.—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023 Two large onion dome cupolas with tall gilt crosses have toppled to the ground.—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023 Then there is the onion dome.—Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022 That was in November, as the city celebrated the official reopening of the circa-1892 building - known by many as the one with the onion dome - at River Street and Galena Boulevard.—Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022 Its major cultural landmark is a Russian Orthodox church dating to 1907 and topped with a yellow onion dome.—Jessica Marshall, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013 On one side of the street, faintly visible through the sooty mist, was the steeple of an Orthodox church, its brass onion dome pierced by shrapnel.—James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
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