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Attacks linked to Islam's holy cities, however, are rare.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“AI is completely transforming the research process,” Madigan said, and in teaching, “the holy grail of learning science has always been the personal tutor, and in many ways, here we are.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Throughout his time, Hibs had a ruinous capacity to concede late goals that checked momentum and made the search for the holy grail of consistency all the harder.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The photos humanize Coltrane while intensifying his myth as someone in holy communion with the transcendent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

When I awoke, we had reached the holy city of Vrindavan.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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

Traditionally, most Orthodox Jews avoided the mount itself for fear of treading on the spot where the temples’ holy of holies once stood.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

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

“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

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

One holier option is this medieval mystery mini-series, the adaptation of Umberto Eco’s best-known novel, “The Name of the Rose,” by the Italian director Giacomo Battiato.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2019

“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

Medina, the burial place of the Prophet Mohammed and home to the Prophet's Mosque, is one of Islam's holiest cities alongside Mecca.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The holiest time of the Jewish year is approaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

Khamenei was laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, marking the end of six days of public mourning ceremonies in five cities across Iran and neighbouring Iraq.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Next to it is a framed photo of the black-robed Kaaba, holiest sanc­tum of Islam, surrounded by a ten-thousandfold swirl of the faithful.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel