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Recent Examples of pagodaToday’s photo, with its olive green watercolour hues, intensifies the deeply vibrant purple flowers bursting open on this gorgeous pagoda shaped tower.—New York Times Games, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 The pagoda is built of plywood veneer and wood poles, finished with a clear coat of varnish.—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 More traditional Chinese food is served at the Sea Palace, a floating three-story pagoda near Centraal Station.—Jaymi McCann, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024 The pagoda is filled with precious statues, including a wooden Shakyamuni Buddha covered with gold paint.—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pagoda
The quake also shattered some of the city’s mosques, which were busy with worshippers attending Friday prayers, one man said.
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Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
On Eid al-Fitr, Muslims may spend the morning in prayer at their mosque, then gather with friends and family to eat dinner, enjoy special sweet treats and give gifts.
Director Kim Hyung-jun, who previously directed the political comedy My Fellow Citizens, opens the drama with an engagingly moody scene set in an empty Buddhist temple.
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Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Traditionally they are found in temples, but some are hung at home.
Members of pro-Jewish and pro-Israel communities in the U.S. have turned out in droves for the movie, with synagogues in New York, Los Angeles and other big cities convening groups for a communal experience.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
On a frigid winter morning in 2022, a stranger knocked on the door of a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during Shabbat service.
Travelers can also see shrines and temples, enjoy miles of hiking trails, and ride an aerial tramway.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Mar. 2025
People have created a makeshift shrine for Pope Francis at a statue of John Paul II in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
Candles, flowers and balloons have been left at the makeshift shrine.
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