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Recent Examples of shrine
When a boy turns sixteen, he is assigned a sheikh from his hometown and studies with him in a local prayer room at the shrine every weekend.
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Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors said.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prosecutors said.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
He was sent to Islamic schools from an early age and briefly studied in Najaf, a Shiite shrine city in neighboring Iraq.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors said.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prosecutors said.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
He was sent to Islamic schools from an early age and briefly studied in Najaf, a Shiite shrine city in neighboring Iraq.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrine
sanctuary
Noun
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Straddling the rugged mountains between the states of Mexico and Michoacán, the 138,000-acre reserve has around a half dozen public, community-run sanctuaries within its borders and in its buffer zones.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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In an area where fire danger is always a lingering reality, loss is not an unfamiliar theme at this Malibu sanctuary.—
Julianna Lozada,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Shrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrine. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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