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Torii gates, structures found at the entrance of Shinto shrines across Japan, symbolize the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Column by Gustavo Arellano In Ohtani’s Dodger blue hometown, a shrine to his baseball talent, and humanity
In Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in Japan, now colored Dodger blue for the World Series, a superfan’s shrine covers the baseball star’s career, and humanity.
—Alex Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The building, Spoelstra said, deserves to be a shrine to Riley in light of his 30-year franchise stewardship that has seen coaching success and ongoing front-office achievement.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Column by Gustavo Arellano In Ohtani’s Dodger blue hometown, a shrine to his baseball talent, and humanity
In Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in Japan, now colored Dodger blue for the World Series, a superfan’s shrine covers the baseball star’s career, and humanity.
—Alex Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The building, Spoelstra said, deserves to be a shrine to Riley in light of his 30-year franchise stewardship that has seen coaching success and ongoing front-office achievement.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan.
—Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Shrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrine. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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