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She has been recognised with a plaque at the National History Museum, in Tring, Hertfordshire, which notes in its inscription that the palaeontologist was the "Officer-in-Charge of this museum from 1948".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
An inscription from Rome records the death of a girl named Antestia Glyceria at the age of 3.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A police sign hangs above the entrance, while the pavement still bears a memorial stone with the inscription: "For Peace, Freedom and Democracy. Never Again Fascism. Millions of Dead Warn."
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
On its back, a carved inscription reads, “This Machine Kills Fascists.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Carved over the door was a Portuguese inscription.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
"The available inscriptions allow us to understand it up to a certain point, but we lack vocabulary and texts," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
There are no signatures and—except in the latest drawings—no text whatsoever: no labels, no inscriptions, no dimensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Once-common literary references to Shakespeare or Dickens have now become as obscure in the common culture as so many Mayan inscriptions.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
It was a Showtime magic born of a commitment found in one of the two inscriptions on the statue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
The akrafena’s inscriptions turn from a bright white to alternating colors.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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