relic
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As work-from-home rates slowly decline, the stay-at-home model is becoming a relic of the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
And of course there are photographs everywhere, and on the “kitchen table” is one of Linda McCartney’s cameras, which feels like a holy relic.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Ever since her son brought it home as a child, the mysterious relic had been a "party piece" leaning against her shed, where guests would pick it up and pass it round during barbecues.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
One relic of Hong Kong’s freer days is how fast and easy it remains to establish a business there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
My Philosophy notebook already looks to me like a relic from the past.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
Saar’s studio is packed with relics gathered from sidewalks and swap meets in L.A., and from trips to Marrakesh, Mexico, Nigeria, Haiti and Brazil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The most important scene in the tapestry, according to Dr Musgrove, shows Harold reaching both arms out to touch two boxes of holy relics while making an oath.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
"It's about reimagining these old resources and relics of industry," MacNeill says.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
Like so many other relics of the Soviet past in Central Asia, it is doomed to vanish amid a distancing from Russia and a top-down drive to boost national culture.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Their relics are the great mound sites of the Mississippi Valley.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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