the Annunciation

noun

: March 25 celebrated as a Christian festival in memory of the announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would be the mother of Christ

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The mass shootings came as Minnesota approaches the one-year anniversary of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting that killed two children — 10-year-old Harper Moyski and 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel — and injured 28 others. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 20 July 2026 Think of doves in paintings of the Annunciation or dead pheasants in Dutch still-life paintings. Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Violence plagued the city in 2025, including deadly attacks on state politicians in the Minneapolis suburbs; gunfire that erupted at a popular city picnic spot; and a shooting during Mass at the Church of the Annunciation that left two children dead and more than a dozen people injured. ABC News, 28 May 2026 O'Hara was the head of the Minneapolis Police Department during the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and during the Operation Metro Surge federal immigration crackdown earlier this year. Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Annunciation

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