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shrine

[shrahyn] / ʃraɪn /


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In 2017 a Thai woman called Wanna Suansan was detained on arrival in Bangkok on a warrant linked to the shrine blast -- making her the third named suspect arrested by police.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

A bronze shrine in the west wall suited what President Calvin Coolidge would later call “a great spiritual document.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The southwestern French town's important Catholic shrine welcomed Jean-Paul II in 1983 and in 2004, as well as Benedict in 2008.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

He did, however, insist on the "Poldark shrine" in the women's toilets being taken down.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

But there is no doubt that the Nazi top brass treated Bayreuth as a shrine.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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