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Many people know that Jews blow the shofar, or ram’s horn, on the holy days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Experts say the holy grail -- machines capable of independently reacting to the unpredictability of any real-life situation -- is a long way off for any company.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Australia had the opener for the past two seasons because of where the Muslim holy month of Ramadan fell.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

But her journey ends in an abandoned diner, where she dies in childbirth after charging this stranger she has come to trust with the holy task of protecting her infant daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But at the wonder in the boy’s eyes she collected herself and asked him who he was, so young and yet seemingly so dedicated to this high service in Greece’s holy of holies.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

For a great number of Texans, the Alamo is the holiest of holies, a place, a totem, a shrine that physically embodies the values — courage, independence, liberty — they hold precious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2021

The holy of holies makes a return to Broadway, this time in the person of Sean Hayes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2016

But then they entered Elinor’s holy of holies.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

“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

“When I do it, I'm trying not to be holier than thou in every way that I can. And I fail at that a fair amount.”

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024

For cinephiles, there is no holier pilgrimage than the Cannes Film Festival, which begins today.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

It’s easy for strangers to be holier than thou if they haven’t tried to solve the problem themselves.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2023

“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

The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, which falls in September this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recognition by Saudi Arabia, a regional power and home to Islam's holiest sites, would mark a "historic leap" forward for peace in the Middle East.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The final burial is on Thursday at the sprawling Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, the ayatollah's birthplace and Iran's holiest city.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

The holiest of temples were his to command, as well as the Sun Maidens and all other shaman priests.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis