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shrine

[shrahyn] / ʃraɪn /


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A Chinese man who said he came to the shrine "every year" declined to answer when asked about the 2015 bombing.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

An inscription at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi fruitlessly warned the oracle’s visitors mêden agan, “nothing too much.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The shrine is the ornate burial place of Ali -- the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law, the fourth Islamic caliph and the first Shia Imam.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Each time their shrine was consulted, the message was said to be the same: they would return.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“We have one at Camp Jupiter,” Jason said, “on Temple Hill. It’s a shrine to the nymphs.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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