relic
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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
The two-lane carriageway in the sky was one of the first sections of the M4 and a relic of the 1960s freeway building boom after the explosion in postwar car ownership.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Fliers on Frontier don’t currently have any internet access at all—a relic of the airline’s ultradiscount business model, which had traditionally focused more on offering cheap fares than in-flight frills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The trek between Kabul and Jalalabad, a bone-jarring ride down a teetering pass snaking through the rocks, had become a relic now, a relic of two wars.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
To me, the most evocative Aztec sites are the offbeat relics that now lie underground along Guatemala Street near the Templo Mayor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We’re aware of the sand erosion and the different relics getting exposed down there,” said Newport Beach Lifeguard Battalion Chief Adam Yacenda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Possible surviving relics include gravitational waves, density fluctuations and ancient black holes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
They were men far older than himself, relics of the ancient world, almost the last great figures left over from the heroic early days of the Party.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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