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Recent Examples of spiredAn interesting add-on is Casa Museu Gaudí, the pink, spired building inside the park.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026 For instant — but challenging — immersion, take the short and often steep hike to the spired Cathedral Rock (about a mile, out and back).—New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025 Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world.—
Sarah Quiñones Wolfson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2024 It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise.—
Cassidy Randall,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2023
The pointed-toe pumps feature a square crystal buckle encased in a gunmetal frame.
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Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2026
The carrier is in the middle of an unusually pointed status-match campaign to woo travelers who have earned a spot in elite frequent flyer tiers with Delta Air Lines and American Airlines by offering similar treatment at United.
Lawrence completed 19 of 29 passes for 182 yards, with an interception on a tipped pass.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Sep. 2026
First, Wheaton North’s Johnny Clayton intercepted a tipped pass, but the offense couldn’t move the ball, and the subsequent punt was blocked by Clark Jensen.
The state oversees different types of facilities for kids in the justice system, ranging in security level from group homes to prisons surrounded by barbed wire.
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Paige Pfleger,
ProPublica,
25 Sep. 2026
Which is to say, this is more a barbed comedy of manners than a proper, elegant period piece.