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For South Americans - playing for Real or Barca represents the holy grail.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Experts say the holy grail -- machines capable of independently reacting to the unpredictability of any real-life situation -- is a long way off for any company.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

But her journey ends in an abandoned diner, where she dies in childbirth after charging this stranger she has come to trust with the holy task of protecting her infant daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"It's one of those things where you test it and, holy cow, it works and you've discovered something new."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

He took out a bottle of holy water from a pack he had carried up the mountain.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

The country, he said, is facing “an attack on the holy of holies: the security of the State of Israel.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 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

Though this proviso may sound far-fetched, Wagner’s admirers had indeed begun to see Bayreuth as a very special place, the holiest of holies, well before he embarked on Parsifal.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“When I do it, I'm trying not to be holier than thou in every way that I can. And I fail at that a fair amount.”

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024

“Our goal is that each one of us goes and returns a different person, a better person, a kinder person, a holier person as a result of this pilgrimage,” Mr. Bohli said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 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

“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

They are forbidden from contact with relatives and friends in Israel, and can’t visit the country, home to Judaism’s holiest sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

He was halfway through the first line of the Shema, our holiest prayer, and my head stopped hurting.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz