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There was a real fear, James says, that the merry-go-round would fall into the hands of a private collector, as the carousel, if not officially, has long symbolically belonged to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He keeps trying to make himself less symbolically powerful, and more practically useful.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The subtle colour of a tie or hair bobble… all of these are signals that allow the wearer to symbolically share their cultural and ideological positions," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
While that was good for pedestrians, it cut off the White House and symbolically severed it from public access — you could no longer drive by and wave.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bobby looked at it from time to time, but contrary to reports that he had it perched on his bedside table, he kept it in the drawer, knowing that it was there, symbolically protective.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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