Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Americannoun
noun
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Fraser Brown, a phlegmatic operator who would look at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and say he's seen better, gushes about Darge's professionalism, his breakdown work, his footwork, his carrying power and his essential toughness.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is the only one that is not known to have been destroyed, since it is not certain if it ever existed, or whether it was actually in Babylon.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2017
In 2012, she installed a work, “Hanging Garden in Ink,” with plants painted black, based on the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2016
The concrete shell of another complex, this one inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, was erupting from the plot next door.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2015
I hadn’t figured out how an applehead doll measured up to a pyramid or how a musical saw stacked up to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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