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  "id": 3324530,
  "title": "A New Statue Honors 'Moby-Dick' Author Herman Melville in the Massachusetts City Where His Whaling Adventures Began",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/a-new-statue-honors-moby-dick-author-herman-melville-in-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T17:57:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-statue-honors-moby-dick-author-herman-melville-in-the-massachusetts-city-where-his-whaling-adventures-began-180989388/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 7.5-foot-tall bronze artwork stands in the heart of historic New Bedford, the 19th-century whaling port that inspired the author's famous 1851 novel",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}