shrine
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On Saturday, China's foreign ministry said the nation "strongly condemns" Takaichi's offering and ministers' visit to the shrine.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It remained to be seen if the guidance would be adhered to on Saturday, with the shrine saying staff would "provide guidance" at the entrance to those "unaware".
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
A shrine in the entryway of Ruth Higdon’s home in Ridgway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
News of the 52-year-old’s death went viral, along with a six-minute video manifesto he left behind, prompting demonstrations in Canada, France, Australia, India and elsewhere, including a floral shrine in front of the U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A small rock shrine sat on the left side of the road.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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She enjoys tea ceremonies, wearing kimonos and visiting shrines and temples, according to her official profile page.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
To Steve Jobs, they will build shrines; to his outgoing successor Tim Cook, they will dedicate case studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Cherry flowers at ancient temples and shrines in Kyoto are particularly popular among visitors and locals.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
In a salty touch, the first thing Kenna does is remove his roadside cross, claiming he hated memorial shrines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
The shrines are actually a series of grottoes built out of sponge rock and crystals so that the exterior walls sparkle in the light.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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O shrined above the skies, Frown not, clear brow, Darken not, holy eyes!
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by William Vaughn Moody
Yet we cannot forget thee, for, shrined in the heart, Is the memory of virtues that will not depart,— Generosity, candor, integrity, worth, An assemblage of all that is lovely on earth.
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Eliza Paul Gurney
The million-tinted pearl of ocean Lies shrined within its mortal shell, And sails the deep in wavy motion, Responsive to each tidal swell.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various
And laughing, twined She round her bare white throat red rubies shrined In pearls.
From Lilith The Legend of the First Woman by Ada Langworthy Collier
O thou, in me, Art shrined, as none hath seen thee, as gods live Whom Time shall not consume; nor rusts thy gold Ever, so hath my soul enclosed thee round With its divine air.
From Eidola by Frederic Manning
"May all that cling to sprays of time, like me, Be sweetly wafted over sky and sea By rose-breaths shrining maidens like to thee!"
From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Sidney Lanier
Bosomed with the Blessed One, He shall mind her of her Son, Once so folded from all harms In her shrining arms.
From The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
Bosomed with the Blessed One, He shall mind her of her Son, Once so folded from all harms, In her shrining arms.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
The wisest soul, by anguish torn, Will soon unlearn the lore it knew; And when the shrining casket's worn, The gem within will tarnish too.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
Elsewhere he speaks of Tweed shrining the music of his cradle song, and the requiem he would most prefer—may that day be long in coming!
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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