vestiges

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Vestiges of that era are still present: Charred remnants of Iraqi tanks and antiaircraft guns litter Failaka Island off the coast of Kuwait City.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Vestiges of Reseda’s small-town beginning still survive in block after block of single-story businesses like the Traders pawnbroker and jewelry store at the intersection of Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Vestiges of British rule remain in Cairo, from the former British officers’ club where upper-class Egyptians can still play croquet, to the downtown square named for Egypt’s liberation.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021

Vestiges of its care — a gurney, an IV pole, a crash cart — are strewn in the hallway near what was the emergency room.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2017

But in October of 1844, a book called Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation came out.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman