relic

The Tag Heuer Monaco is an interesting relic of Art Deco design if it isn’t also the watch Steve McQueen wore in “Le Mans.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Researchers could look for relic gravitational waves created during an earlier cosmic phase.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Buoyed in part by mozzarella-stick-seeking Gen Zers, Chili’s has transformed from a ’90s relic to the hottest restaurant chain in the country.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Once a baby boomer relic, the Democratic Socialists of America now counts more than 120,000 members.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Behind this group eight sturdy fellows bear the royal litter, rough with yellow sapphires, in which no king has ridden for centuries, a ceremonial relic of the very-long-ago.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

It also contained various other relics – including metal weapons – belonging to the pre-Incan Chimu civilisation, a culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru between 900 and 1470 AD.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

The people who work at Arion certainly don’t see themselves, or their work, as relics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The red and white Victorian farmhouse had belonged to their friend, the late Steve Baker, who served as the city’s longtime historian and had packed the property with thousands of antique relics over his lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

He regarded sermons as interesting only to venerable relics like his mother and me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom