Example Sentences
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The Nobel Foundation had said the award could not "even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed".
From BBC
A later flash-forward showed him elderly, symbolically handing his iconic shield to his former wingman - literally, a winged man - Sam Wilson.
From BBC
In Tehran, where symbolically the costs are greatest, security forces appear to be exercising restraint to avoid images of mass bloodshed.
From BBC
The Constitutional Convention was symbolically presided over by the retired Gen. George Washington, who sat throughout in a chair with a gilded half sun at its top.
“But for a lot of people, it symbolically shows a willingness to work with companies that have not been able to resolve or reconcile the problems.”
From Los Angeles Times
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