relic

This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The Tag Heuer Monaco is an interesting relic of Art Deco design if it isn’t also the watch Steve McQueen wore in “Le Mans.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

How great if this type of four-quadrant filmmaking didn’t have to cosplay as a begotten relic — if it could take courage from these dinosaurs and thrive in our modern times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Researchers could look for relic gravitational waves created during an earlier cosmic phase.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

My Philosophy notebook already looks to me like a relic from the past.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

The craft of scavenging the River Thames for lost relics at low tide has surged in popularity, leaving more than 10,000 hopeful treasure hunters stuck on a permit waitlist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We’re aware of the sand erosion and the different relics getting exposed down there,” said Newport Beach Lifeguard Battalion Chief Adam Yacenda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Possible surviving relics include gravitational waves, density fluctuations and ancient black holes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Later, when asked what the family had done with the relics, Mother Fox told a neighbor that the bones had been “sunk in the creek.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock