runes
Example Sentences
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In the meantime, those running businesses or services are trying to read the runes.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
So when I’m with somebody that’s really invested and committed to runes or tarot, I am hook, line and sinker in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
By 1900 it was apparently possible to find Viking-themed restaurants in Chicago whose menus were written in runes!
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
“Like the Russian pro-invasion Z, the infamous SS symbol used by the Nazi Schutzstaffel — two ancient runes that resemble lightning bolts—also stands for victory,” he wrote at the time.
From Washington Times ● May 20, 2023
I found Kilvin in his office, etching runes into a hemisphere of glass for another hanging lamp.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
