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

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

Historical memory is at the heart of Mount Rushmore.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025

Anderson is one of England's Mount Rushmore cricketers, with more wickets than anyone else and a career so long some 30-year-olds would struggle to remember a time before him.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

And I would rather see a good Brady photograph than Mount Rushmore.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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