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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

“These days the streetcar is like a relic around here,” said Tetyana Yuriskulova, who has been driving trams since 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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 notion is that perhaps the singularity was the relic of an earlier, collapsed universe–that we’re just one of an eternal cycle of expanding and collapsing universes, like the bladder on an oxygen machine.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

Far from being Roman relics, the helmets now offer rare evidence of medieval trade, military logistics, and the movement of arms across one of the world's most important commercial regions.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

These relics were set aside, and the digging resumed with the shout, “Great God! Here are the pieces of a broken bowl!”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock