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The 19-year-old was even symbolically handed the captain's armband by team-mate Kieran Trippier in Newcastle's win against PSV Eindhoven a few weeks ago.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Both had dreamed of representing the U.S. in the Olympics — a dream realized symbolically by their jerseys in the U.S. locker room.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Raoni was one of the figures who symbolically presented Lula with the presidential sash during his inauguration for a third term in 2023.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
And I submit, then, that the racial tensions that menace Americans today have little to do with real antipathy—on the contrary, indeed—and are involved only symbolically with color.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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