curio
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These relics had begun to show up in Beijing’s curio shops almost as soon as the dynasty fell in 1912.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Locals shuffled through makeshift aisles bounded by curio cabinets, wardrobes and home bars styled with faux cocktails for an imaginary party.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
The new directive prohibits them from 15 sectors including mobile money transfers, tour guiding, small-scale mining, on-farm crop buying, beauty salons, curio shops and establishing radio and TV operations.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
It’s wonderful that she’s working and seems to be having fun, but the subgenre is such a strange curio that one has to take stock at a certain point.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
It was one of those weird roadside curio shops that sell lawn flamingos and wooden Indians and cement grizzly bears and stuff like that.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
The album’s 11 songs were childlike curios, with Mr. Richman announcing several of the titles at the start, accompanied by a pithy, monotone explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The retro versions may read like curios now, but tucked inside is a very modern impulse: making something generous out of what you have.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
"They are just very charismatic, very playful, very social, very curios and very intelligent and that's why people love them," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
It’s nothing compared with other collectors, some of whom even build out special rooms in their homes to devote to their cardboard curios, she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Flames burn low in the gilded fireplace, the tall bookcases stuffed with curios and relics loom in shadow.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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