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the Holy Land

noun

: the area in the Middle East where the events of the Bible happened

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Despite his protestations, peace is not in hand in the Holy Land. Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025 Francis also went to Turkey and the Holy Land early in his papacy. Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025 The directive, the report notes, stemmed in part from evidence introduced during the Holy Land Foundation trial connecting CAIR leadership to the Hamas support network. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025 In Jerusalem, Trump was greeted on billboards and in the Knesset as a modern Cyrus the Great—the Persian ruler who, in 538 B.C., allowed the Jews to return to the Holy Land from their Babylonian exile and rebuild the Temple. David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Holy Land

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“The Holy Land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Holy%20Land. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.

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