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Williams, however, cautions against conflating the absence of Shinto shrines and priests with the wholesale absence of Shinto — which can be quietly observed on a personal basis, sometimes with small, shrinelike altars at home.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
She once invited them to Turin and St. Moritz, where she keeps a pair of Mongiardino houses intact, shrinelike.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2016
He created shrinelike enclosures in the same colors, in which he would lie “practicing death.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2014
But one look at the space, with its low stools and its loveseats and its shrinelike corner DJ booth, made me reject that assumption.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2013
The 50 or so shrinelike nightclubs across the U.S. that book nothing but modern jazz combos are ghostly reminders of the lost swing and jump clubs.
From Time Magazine Archive
