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shut·tle·cock
ˈshə-tᵊl-ˌkäk 
: a lightweight conical object with a rounded often rubber-covered nose that is used in badminton
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
In 1994, when the Nelson’s now iconic shuttlecocks, created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, were placed on the north and south lawns, public reaction ranged from delight to disdain.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
Although now widely embraced as a symbol of Kansas City, the shuttlecocks didn’t quite make sense at first.
—Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
The flakes are as grand and as intricate as shuttlecocks.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Long before the shuttlecocks landed at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art — and before, even, Henry Moore’s sculptures beautified its lawn — another Kansas City park, for a brief two weeks, captured the eyes of art lovers worldwide.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
In 1994, when the Nelson’s now iconic shuttlecocks, created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, were placed on the north and south lawns, public reaction ranged from delight to disdain.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
Although now widely embraced as a symbol of Kansas City, the shuttlecocks didn’t quite make sense at first.
—Courtney Lane, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
The flakes are as grand and as intricate as shuttlecocks.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Shuttlecock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shuttlecock. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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