heritage
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Jeff Bray, the council's cabinet member for regeneration, planning and heritage, said the county has "so much to offer" film studios.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rummage through Greenock's industrial history and you will find a distinct heritage - in the 19th Century its status as a global hub for refining sugar earned it the nickname "Sugaropolis".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Joining Lenglen in the first is Coco Gauff, whose 2025 Wimbledon kit featured a pleated skirt and a corset-shaped top made of performance material—“the perfect harmony of heritage and modernity,” Ms. Kumar Nair writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Elephants are protected by law, are named as India's "national heritage animal", and many followers of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh see the animals as sacred.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Trey wore a black T-shirt with white letters: heritage is lit. what s yours?
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The stockpile, which has since risen in value, adds Wyoming to a growing cohort of states, including some with mining heritages, looking to add precious metal to their investment portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
It was one of the artefacts that launched an online campaign to highlight women's roles in pre-colonial communities - and revive cultural heritages almost erased by colonialism.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Only in America,” Harris said, was it possible for two people of such different backgrounds and heritages to join together to make it “all the way” to the White House.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2024
And yet Native music, kaleidoscopically varied across the country and its many tribes and heritages, remains only rarely heard, and so only vaguely understood and appreciated, by non-Natives.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
"I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages."
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
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It's All in the Family
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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