relic
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He was a sad figure adrift, a relic virtually alone until he was hunted down by the CIA and French intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
According to Maixner, the results show that the mummy is "not a static relic, but a dynamic biological system."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 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
A relic that old, I’m surprised you got two uses out of it.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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
Possible surviving relics include gravitational waves, density fluctuations and ancient black holes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 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
“But we are not to mention relics any longer.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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