Mount Rushmore

Cultural  

1. A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota noted for the huge portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt carved on it. Officially called Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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Example Sentences

Late Friday, the president visited the Mount Rushmore national monument for an address under the gaze of the giant granite heads of four of his legendary predecessors.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

After North Dakota, the president is expected to travel to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota on Friday, a day before the Independence Day celebrations in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

For many filmgoers though, he was simply the best-looking cinema star in the world - once described as "a chunk of Mount Rushmore levered into stonewashed denims".

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The DHS ad that the company filmed at Mount Rushmore has aired during “Fox & Friends” in recent days.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

She wrote, “Here I am in the Badlands, missing you terribly,” and “This is Mount Rushmore, but I don’t see any Presidents’ faces, I only see yours.”

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech