runes
Example Sentences
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In the meantime, those running businesses or services are trying to read the runes.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
So when I’m with somebody that’s really invested and committed to runes or tarot, I am hook, line and sinker in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
However, it soon transpired it was of a type familiar as a tourist keepsake from Iceland, and the runes were identified as a poem composed by a 20th-century Icelander.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
“Like the Russian pro-invasion Z, the infamous SS symbol used by the Nazi Schutzstaffel — two ancient runes that resemble lightning bolts—also stands for victory,” he wrote at the time.
From Washington Times ● May 20, 2023
“So these are children’s stories?” asked Hermione, bending again over the runes.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
