vestiges

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In northeastern Annaba -- formerly the ancient Roman city of Hippo -- Leo will visit vestiges of the city's historical past, as well as a reception centre run by Catholic nuns for impoverished elderly people.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

There were wild blackberries and raspberries blanketing the hillsides, and vestiges of old fruit orchards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Particularly as this dramatic move, removing the remaining vestiges of his royal life, comes with an assertion of his innocence and that he continued to "vigorously deny the accusations against me".

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

But sponsors stretched the English language when they pitched it as ending the last vestiges of “slavery.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024

In his thoughts were vestiges of old skid roads and forgotten farm paths that bled into vales of ghost fern and hollows filled with skunk cabbage.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson