altar
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While silent, music is very much present in her altar as guitars flanked either side of the set up, highlighting her family’s artistic and musical roots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
But it’s the romantic material that really motivates this 32-year-old, who records in a booth in her bedroom next to an altar with a crystal ball and charms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
A pair of deep seats covered in nubby upholstery sit close to this sacred space’s altar — a vinyl-stacked media console holding a vintage receiver and turntable, flanked by two ATC SCM50 loudspeakers.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The election of Leo XIV as Pope "touched something inside me," said Kawakami, who will be among the altar servers at the papal mass.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
An altar originally stood in front of the fresco, marking the transition between the upper and lower portions.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Jair Hernandez wears his best Azteca outfit while attending the official opening of the Dia De Los Muertos altars in Gloria Molina Grand Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
In a middle-class neighborhood, altars, crucifixes, and images of the Pope adorn the home of Joaquin Kawakami Effio, a 15-year-old who is considering the priesthood.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Speaking of altars, Ms. Boston is sacrificing narrative momentum on behalf of a pretty obvious agenda—cataloging horror-movie conventions and classic devices and seeing if any still click.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
In England during the Reformation it was not only the altars that were stripped, but also sites in the landscape which were associated with animacy.
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
The nuns had put fresh flowers on the altars.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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