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Misra said that about 100,000 devotees are expected to visit the temple everyday, meaning an individual might only be allowed inside the sanctum sanctorum for about 20 seconds, due to demand.
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Rhea Mogul, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
The sanctum sanctorum of the assembly is legendary, being the body that supervises and selects the supreme leader.
—Aaron David Miller and
jason Brodsky, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2016
At home, the kitchen is her sanctum sanctorum.
—Rhea Mulani, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2022
This one-of-a-kind experience inside yacht racing’s fastest, adrenaline-surging technical sport, SailGP, is a three-day voyage into the sanctum sanctorum of the US team, offered exclusively to a Robb Report reader and guest.
—Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2022
The interior of its hoopskirt canopy had acted as the sisters’ sanctum sanctorum.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
But what if a more discouraging score had sloughed out of the CBO’s sanctum sanctorum?
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
There were suggestions that some had found their way into the entrails of the stadium, reaching as far as Old Trafford’s sanctum sanctorum, the home team’s changing room.
—New York Times, 2 May 2021
Once upon a time, our brand was considered the sanctum sanctorum of fashion.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2020
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Rhea Mogul, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
The sanctum sanctorum of the assembly is legendary, being the body that supervises and selects the supreme leader.
—Aaron David Miller and
jason Brodsky, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2016
At home, the kitchen is her sanctum sanctorum.
—Rhea Mulani, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2022
This one-of-a-kind experience inside yacht racing’s fastest, adrenaline-surging technical sport, SailGP, is a three-day voyage into the sanctum sanctorum of the US team, offered exclusively to a Robb Report reader and guest.
—Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2022
The interior of its hoopskirt canopy had acted as the sisters’ sanctum sanctorum.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
But what if a more discouraging score had sloughed out of the CBO’s sanctum sanctorum?
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
There were suggestions that some had found their way into the entrails of the stadium, reaching as far as Old Trafford’s sanctum sanctorum, the home team’s changing room.
—New York Times, 2 May 2021
Once upon a time, our brand was considered the sanctum sanctorum of fashion.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2020
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“Sanctum sanctorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanctum%20sanctorum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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