vestiges

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Vestiges of that era are still present: Charred remnants of Iraqi tanks and antiaircraft guns litter Failaka Island off the coast of Kuwait City.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Vestiges of Reseda’s small-town beginning still survive in block after block of single-story businesses like the Traders pawnbroker and jewelry store at the intersection of Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Vestiges of the founders’ fascination with the classics persisted into the early 19th century among many other Americans.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020

Vestiges of Ottumwa’s better days — rows of once-majestic Victorian homes — loom on bluffs overlooking the Des Moines River where barges used to haul coal to the Mississippi.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2017

In July 1845, about nine months after Charles read Vestiges, George Darwin was born.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman