Palm Sunday
noun
: the Sunday before Easter celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem
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On Palm Sunday, Russian missile strikes killed 35 civilians.
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CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Rice and Lloyd Webber chose to examine the five days between Palm Sunday and Good Friday – when Jesus’ fortunes took a 180-degree turn – from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, the apostle who turned him in to the authorities.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 11 Dec. 2025
And the final batch of 13 appear March 29, on Palm Sunday.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025
On Palm Sunday, Robert gave me another kind of dress, a tattered thing of handkerchief linen.
—Patti Smith, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Rice and Lloyd Webber chose to examine the five days between Palm Sunday and Good Friday – when Jesus’ fortunes took a 180-degree turn – from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, the apostle who turned him in to the authorities.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 11 Dec. 2025
And the final batch of 13 appear March 29, on Palm Sunday.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025
On Palm Sunday, Robert gave me another kind of dress, a tattered thing of handkerchief linen.
—Patti Smith, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Palm Sunday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Palm%20Sunday. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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