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Recent Examples of spire
The bats that once lived in its rafters are gone, a noisy roof repair is complete, and the roof’s ornate spires have a fresh coat of white paint.
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Mike Ives, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Earlier this month, an American tourist had to undergo emergency surgery after he was impaled on a spire after trying to climb over a fence surrounding the ancient Roman colosseum.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
At first, the devastation seemed nearly total, with much of the roof and the iconic spire lost to flames.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
The charges are linked to a photograph on display at the exhibition, which Wright shot after climbing to the top of the spire of the Empire State Building in 2024.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
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Mike Ives, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Earlier this month, an American tourist had to undergo emergency surgery after he was impaled on a spire after trying to climb over a fence surrounding the ancient Roman colosseum.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
At first, the devastation seemed nearly total, with much of the roof and the iconic spire lost to flames.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
The charges are linked to a photograph on display at the exhibition, which Wright shot after climbing to the top of the spire of the Empire State Building in 2024.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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Meanwhile, Elizabeth took off, Joel started drinking and this marked the beginning of a spiral for the star.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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At each summer solstice, the light passes across an even larger boulder and touches the center of the spiral.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in anatomy went to an international team of scientists for their discovery that scalp hair whorls are more likely to spiral in a counter-clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere compared with the Northern Hemisphere.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Something in the interaction of all those whorls and swirls will give the ducks a special boost.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Trump looked around the facility, closely inspecting the coils and other nearby steel products, including household appliances on display.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Innerspring: This type of mattress has internal metal coils that offer support, but not as much as other mattresses, which is why these tend to be more affordable than other models.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
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In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.—
Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
Noun
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The drawing featured a bald-headed stick woman with squiggly lines coming from the ears—meant to represent curls.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Sweeney topped it off with dark angular sunglasses, and her blonde hair in loose, blown out curls.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 June 2025
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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