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Bangladeshi authorities say they were not informed of the recent execution of two Bangladeshi nationals in the holy city of Mecca until after it had taken place, local media reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

For Lim, the e-commerce specialist, the holy grail is something rarer still: a kit from North Korean carrier Air Koryo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“The holy grail is a tick vaccine,” Lea Hamner, an epidemiologist with a tick-focused program on the island, told an anxious crowd at one of the many public meetings focused on ticks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Jonathan Hurst, chief scientist at Agility, told MarketWatch that it could take one or two decades to make humanoids safe enough for use in households, which experts call the industry’s holy grail.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a few hours, once the dawn breaks anew, citizens will gather to begin their observance of the Bonding, a holy day in which we celebrate our connection to the gods of this land.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

No one would call him a minimalist, but his holy of holies is not to allow his productions to eclipse his performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

Jerusalem was also the site of the holiest of holies of Judaism, the most sacred of spaces where the Temple of Solomon had stood until its destruction by the Romans.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The country, he said, is facing “an attack on the holy of holies: the security of the State of Israel.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023

Saudi Arabia is a powerful regional player, considered a leader of the Sunni faith because of its custodianship of Islam’s holies sites and has close ties to the West.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Though this proviso may sound far-fetched, Wagner’s admirers had indeed begun to see Bayreuth as a very special place, the holiest of holies, well before he embarked on Parsifal.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“Rich people can get a private beach and others can’t…I don’t pretend to be holier than anybody, I just do have these feelings.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Muir was devastated by its destruction, lamenting, “Dam the Hetch Hetchy! As well dam for water tanks the people’s cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has been consecrated by the heart of man.”

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024

"Every time we say, 'Well, I believe in the science,' I think we come off holier than thou," said Suzanne Shelton, CEO of the Shelton Group.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021

“Sometimes you want to be holier than thou, just to prove you’re not the idiot they thought you were.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020

“If God gets even half the promises we’ve been laying down, the U.S.A. is going to be holier than the Vatican,” Monaco said.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Earlier, the Houthis denied that they had attacked Saudi Arabia on Thursday, after the coalition said its forces had intercepted a cruise missile in the Medina region, home to one of Islam's holiest shrines.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

It took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The leaders of the three majority Sunni Muslim nations signed the agreement at a ceremony in Mecca, home to the holiest site in Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

They are forbidden from contact with relatives and friends in Israel, and can’t visit the country, home to Judaism’s holiest sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He had left the last teacher he had met, even he, the greatest and wisest teacher, the holiest, the Buddha.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse