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

Knight added: "Rosetta sits on the Mount Rushmore of the founders of rock and roll, alongside the names we know."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The company running the Mount Rushmore shoot, called the Strategy Group, does not appear on public documents about the contract.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

His all-American good looks couldn't be ignored: Redford was once described as "a chunk of Mount Rushmore levered into stonewashed denims".

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Like, when did the Mount Rushmore just suddenly become Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff — all the other names that we know?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

Here comes one now: Strolling along the trail, Mount Rushmore came into view.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner