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Recent Examples of spire
Temperatures swung back up to 52 degrees by noon on Jan. 25, an hour before the spire fell.
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John Penney, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
The playing surface is worn, bicycles are propped up around its perimeter and the spire of a small local church pokes over the top of the surrounding buildings.
—Ben Church, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
By Saturday morning, the Empire State Building will be lit up in the Nets’ throwback red, white and blue color scheme with No.15 rotating on the spire.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
In commemoration of the event, the Empire State Building will be lit in the Nets’ throwback red, white and blue color scheme Saturday, with No.15 rotating on the spire.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
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John Penney, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
The playing surface is worn, bicycles are propped up around its perimeter and the spire of a small local church pokes over the top of the surrounding buildings.
—Ben Church, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
By Saturday morning, the Empire State Building will be lit up in the Nets’ throwback red, white and blue color scheme with No.15 rotating on the spire.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
In commemoration of the event, the Empire State Building will be lit in the Nets’ throwback red, white and blue color scheme Saturday, with No.15 rotating on the spire.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spire
Noun
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Strange forms poured out of her—big looping flowers, organic spirals, cubes of contrasting primary colors.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Our familiar route turned into an obstacle course of dread, and every step toward the school building sent him deeper into a panicked spiral.—
Elizabeth Austin,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The areas had large pieces of Middle and Late Iron Age pottery, as well as other cooking vessels and a spindle whorl.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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The self-flagellation is uncomfortable and dark, and the instrumental’s whorl of warped voices, sax melodies, and bass lines intensifies the feeling that he is trapped within his choices. 17.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When electricity flows through the coils, a magnetic field is generated, and that moves, pushes, pulls, or twists the magnet.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2025
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The resort’s spa provides specialized hair services for natural curls and coils, as well as expert styling for extensions and even hair braiding—services often unavailable at other luxury properties.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
21 Mar. 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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In place of his signature long curls, Baldoni's dark hair is cut into a tapered buzz cut with longer strands on top.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Instead of the usual flipped out ends, Rihanna’s long bob curls inwards with a bouncy blowout.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Spire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spire. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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