sacred
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Trump, 80, attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a sacred symbol for America's lost service members.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
Badrinath is one of four sacred sites on the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit, alongside Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The American biographer Joseph Frank described “The Idiot” as “the most personal of all Dostoevsky’s major works, the book in which he embodies his most intimate, cherished, and sacred convictions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Highlights include: A sacred processional and blessings by Ohtli Yollotl honoring Indigenous roots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mars’s sacred animal was the wild boar, not the serpent.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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