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And, speaking of holy grails: Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” fetched $32.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Announced last week in a post on Instagram, the drink was described as a “clarified tonic” with coconut water, jasmine tea, raw honey, holy basil, anise hyssop, green cardamom, white grape juice and coconut milk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Following a marathon procession through the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday, he was to reach his final place of rest in the holy city of Mashhad.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

A recent attempt by the government in India's northern state of Punjab to introduce a tougher law punishing sacrilege against the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, has triggered a controversy.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

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

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

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

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

“Our goal is that each one of us goes and returns a different person, a better person, a kinder person, a holier person as a result of this pilgrimage,” Mr. Bohli said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

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

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

During Islam’s most sacred month, when worshipers fast from sunrise to sunset, there are few places holier than this.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 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 procession coincided with the annual commemoration of Imam Hussein, the mourning month of Muharram, the holiest period of the year in Shia Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

"The war in Iran has affected the entire world. Nobody wants wars or harm to countries and peoples," he told AFP news agency as he left Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Many Christian leaders, to be fair, were also outraged that the president would stoop so low on the holiest day of the Christian year.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

At Al-Aqsa, Islam's third holiest site which was closed during most of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this year, thousands of worshippers performed the ritual dawn prayer under a heavy police presence.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 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