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And, speaking of holy grails: Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” fetched $32.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Announced last week in a post on Instagram, the drink was described as a “clarified tonic” with coconut water, jasmine tea, raw honey, holy basil, anise hyssop, green cardamom, white grape juice and coconut milk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Engagement, which measures how long people spend watching content and how frequently they finish a movie or series, is the holy grail in modern Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Following the ceremonies in Tehran, the former supreme leader's body will be taken to the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, prior to his burial in Mashhad.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

I tried to look holy so that they would feel bad, but all I could muster was lifting my chin in the air and squinting, as if I was new to this world.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

No one would call him a minimalist, but his holy of holies is not to allow his productions to eclipse his performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

But the holiest of holies were the works of Judy Blume, who taught us that people with seemingly enviable lives had problems of their own.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023

Jerusalem was also the site of the holiest of holies of Judaism, the most sacred of spaces where the Temple of Solomon had stood until its destruction by the Romans.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Saudi Arabia is a powerful regional player, considered a leader of the Sunni faith because of its custodianship of Islam’s holies sites and has close ties to the West.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

But at the wonder in the boy’s eyes she collected herself and asked him who he was, so young and yet seemingly so dedicated to this high service in Greece’s holy of holies.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

During Islam’s most sacred month, when worshipers fast from sunrise to sunset, there are few places holier than this.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

It’s easy for strangers to be holier than thou if they haven’t tried to solve the problem themselves.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2023

"Every time we say, 'Well, I believe in the science,' I think we come off holier than thou," said Suzanne Shelton, CEO of the Shelton Group.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021

“Sometimes you want to be holier than thou, just to prove you’re not the idiot they thought you were.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020

“If God gets even half the promises we’ve been laying down, the U.S.A. is going to be holier than the Vatican,” Monaco said.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Control of Islam’s holiest sites generates prestige and revenue, but it also carries an obligation to keep them safe and accessible for all Muslims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

The Muslim community is currently preparing for one of its holiest seasons and its biggest feasts.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Known to Jews as the Temple Mount, it is also Judaism's holiest place.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Many Christian leaders, to be fair, were also outraged that the president would stoop so low on the holiest day of the Christian year.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

It was the holiest date of the Jewish calendar, when our fate for the new year was sealed in the Book of Life.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros