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Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Airborne laser mapping allowed researchers to peer through the dense canopy to detect the 37-acre settlement on the Yucatán peninsula; the team then hacked a three-mile path through the jungle with machetes to reach the site, which features a 43-foot-tall pyramid temple.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
25 June 2026
Paris’s Louvre museum also canceled a free concert under its glass pyramid due to the heat.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 June 2026
Cholula This nearby city is part of the metropolitan area of Puebla and home to an ancient pyramid, which the Spanish eventually built a church on top of after brutally conquering the area.
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Zanny Merullo,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
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El Helicoide, an enormous pyramid that was supposed to become a luxury shopping mall but later became a prison, was so celebrated that Salvador Dalí reportedly offered to design the interiors.
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Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Airborne laser mapping allowed researchers to peer through the dense canopy to detect the 37-acre settlement on the Yucatán peninsula; the team then hacked a three-mile path through the jungle with machetes to reach the site, which features a 43-foot-tall pyramid temple.
—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
25 June 2026
Paris’s Louvre museum also canceled a free concert under its glass pyramid due to the heat.
—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 June 2026
Cholula This nearby city is part of the metropolitan area of Puebla and home to an ancient pyramid, which the Spanish eventually built a church on top of after brutally conquering the area.
—
Zanny Merullo,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyramid
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
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Sentnor hopes to add a new layer to the team, making a difference on and off the field.
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For the first time, disparate bank technology stacks around the world will connect through GSSP infrastructure that digitizes manual workflows.
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Anthropologie’s Summer Sale is pampering fashion insiders with 50-percent-off deals stacked on top of already on-sale buys, reflected in cart.
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The father, Marquise Anderson, said Joanna wet the bed on two occasions on a night in February at the house in the 1900 block of Daniel Street.
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The case challenges the agency’s practice of holding noncitizens for sometimes days in facilities without a bed or other adequate accommodations.
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Policy and education leaders frequently pile more items on teachers’ plates without removing other items or giving teachers a larger plate.
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Castle Rat have begun some preliminary planning and writing for their next album, piling up new riffs at jam sessions.
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Wilderness Trail takes their time with everything, from using sweet mash (instead of the usual sour mash) to aging their whiskey in lower warehouse ricks for better flavor development.
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The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.
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Amid a wave of pitching injuries, Cabrera walked off the Wrigley Field mound with an athletic trainer Tuesday night, exiting his start against the Colorado Rockies in the fifth inning of a 5-2 loss to the worst team in the majors.
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According to information presented in court, Fleming committed three armed robberies of banks in Denton between November 2022 and February 2023.
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The government is also working with private developers, banks and the real estate sector to accelerate temporary and permanent housing solutions.
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“Pyramid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyramid. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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