relics

plural of relic
as in corpse
a dead body though it is believed that missionary died in New Guinea, his relics have never been found

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Recent Examples of relics There are also permanent upgrades to health and attack power, as well as rare relics that enable unique skills, like multiple jumps. Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 Museum of Miami The Museum of Miami, formerly HistoryMiami, holds the relics and artifacts that were excavated at the Miami Circle. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 Boruck, of Orland Park, and Brousil, of Tinley Park, have shared a lot together, including their passion for praying in the presence of holy relics. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 It's taken a team of Cambodian investigators led by Brad Gordon, an American lawyer, more than 10 years to document the theft of thousands of ancient statues and relics by a British collector named Douglas Latchford. Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 28 June 2026 Those collectible objects are presented side by side with theatrical relics, historical artifacts, and items collected by Bob during his travels. Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 27 June 2026 Minions & Monsters opens with a Universal Studios tour that doubles as a crash course in Hollywood history, winding past relics from the silent era through the studio system. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026 For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026 Preservation advocates warn that selling wreck relics to private collectors risks turning a maritime grave into a billionaire trophy hunt, even as Titanic memorabilia command multimillion-dollar bids worldwide. Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
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corpse
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  • Watkins has been charged with a felony count of delivery of narcotics and a misdemeanor count of abuse of a corpse.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The viruses trigger the same type of disease and are spread via the same methods — contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, or the preparation of an infected corpse for traditional burials.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 June 2026

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“Relics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relics. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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