dome
Example Sentences
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The residents of Drop City, a Colorado artists’ community, built domes from the curved steel tops of salvaged cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Lava domes develop when thick magma slowly rises to the surface and piles up around a volcanic opening rather than flowing easily away.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
But what an image: an observatory dome bubbling out of a boil of smaller domes, like an idea simmering in a crucible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The marine heatwave has been fuelled by the "heat domes" that brought record-breaking air temperatures in May and June, on top of long-term ocean warming due to climate change.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Below the chandeliers spread an indoor city of “gilded domes and glittering minarets, mosques, palaces, kiosks, and brilliant pavilions,” according to the popular Rand, McNally & Co.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
