shrine

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However, self-proclaimed shrine-keeper Carol-Anne Hillman said she was "devastated" to learn that the shrine would be taken down due to health and safety.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

His shrine was so important that Pope Callistus II said two pilgrimages to St Davids were worth one to the Vatican.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

His finance minister is left to explain the closing of big projects like Neom, a 105-mile-long city, or the Mukaab, a 1,300-foot cube-shaped skyscraper resembling the Kaaba shrine in Mecca.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Open since 1980, the old-school Mexican restaurant doubles as a shrine to the 1943 film of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

In the glow of the fake sun, framed family pictures and yellowing birth and marriage certificates are attached to the other walls, like a shrine to Earth.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera