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Rushmore

American  
[ruhsh-mawr, -mohr] / ˈrʌʃ mɔr, -moʊr /

noun

  1. Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial Mount Rushmore National Memorial having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5,600 feet (1,707 meters).


Rushmore British  
/ ˈrʌʃmɔː /

noun

  1. a mountain in W South Dakota, in the Black Hills: a national memorial, with the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt carved into its side by Gutzon Borglum between 1927 and 1941. Height: 1841 m (6040 ft)

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Rushmore, whether it should be next to Clyde Frazier, after Patrick Ewing’s, or somewhere else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

They also want to see Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 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

“When you look at the Mt. Rushmore of Los Angeles radio stations, KFI is either up there or it deserves to be,” Searight said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

I went and opened it and saw, tucked in her bag, a five-hundred- piece puzzle with a picture of Mount Rushmore on it.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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