Remember that old saying about what happens when you put yourself on a pedestal?
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The lower-level bathroom has a pedestal sink from the 1920s that we refurbished.
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Britney Spears'head sits on a pedestal on a dressing table in front of a mirror.
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Williams admits the greatest reward as an All Black was being put on a pedestal.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Please come down from your high pedestal and get rid of your colonial mentality.
From the guardian.co.uk
Take a concrete pedestal urn or birdbath and use it to decorate interior spaces.
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The staff at the park came across a suspiciously blank pedestal Tuesday morning.
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In one corner is a red Philippe Starck-designed Eros pedestal chair for Kartell.
From the smh.com.au
The lectern consists of a brass eagle standing on a pedestal supported by lions.
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Base: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"
An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedistallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase.
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The column that the wheel is mounted on.
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