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“We used to wear physical amulets around our neck, but now we can carry NFT ones on our phones too,” said Ekkaphong Khemthong, who owns Crypto Amulets and also collects traditional amulets.

From Reuters • Apr. 15, 2022

Her competitor Cynthia Bhaget of Amulets & Talismans agrees: "What's the sense of having diamonds if you have to keep them in the vault all the time?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Amulets warding against the evil eye girded her arms and neck.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

And there are pleasant things to be done in London without any aid from Amulets or Psammeads.

From The Story of the Amulet by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Amulets, consisting of roots, or pieces of paper with charms written upon them, were hung round the neck of the sick, and considered efficacious for their cure.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard