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On its back, a carved inscription reads, “This Machine Kills Fascists.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Below that, an inscription will read: “Symbols of local worship places I took my young children to. Thanking America’s freedom of religion. And hoping for a conciliation between Islam, Christianity and other religions.”
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
An inscription at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi fruitlessly warned the oracle’s visitors mêden agan, “nothing too much.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
On the back, the inscription reads "Class Picture 1997".
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
Mutal’s last carved inscription dates to 869; soon after, its great public spaces were filled with squatters.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The MLB issued the players who added inscriptions to their caps a warning Monday for violating the league’s uniform policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
Golden inscriptions read "One Nation Under God" and "Liberty and Justice for All" on opposite sides.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
These are some of the elements I will be using for the inscriptions on the sides of the obelisk.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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