pillars

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The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, must be performed at least once by all Muslims with the means.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Its main pillars are the Interior Ministry, the armed forces and the Communist Party, which are highly united.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Making money through the accounting of daily life fits perfectly within these pillars, she writes.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Ferrer later learns of another half-brother, her father’s son; these fraught relationships are the pillars of a gorgeous meditation on belonging.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Dad pulled his sketchbook out of his Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag—Dad was never far from his sketchbook—and stepped off the wooden planks onto the gravel to sketch the nearest row of broken pillars.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram