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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
the new sisters will be baptized with special initiation rites at the sorority house
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Recent Examples of baptize
Any male baptized in the Roman Catholic church is eligible to serve as pope.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
After each round of full-body exfoliation, a giant basin of warm water was dumped over my body, like I was being baptized.
—Anna Haines, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
He was recently baptized and now devotes much of his platform to his newfound Christian faith.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
He was tutored by men from the Dominican order and he was baptized at St. Gertrude, a Dominican priory in Cincinnati.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
After each round of full-body exfoliation, a giant basin of warm water was dumped over my body, like I was being baptized.
—Anna Haines, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
He was recently baptized and now devotes much of his platform to his newfound Christian faith.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
He was tutored by men from the Dominican order and he was baptized at St. Gertrude, a Dominican priory in Cincinnati.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
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Pet cat escapes vet's office, arrives home 3 miles away days later A cat named George, who was at the vet for neutering in Florida, broke out of the animal hospital and made his way miles home days later.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025
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Another dog named Chrissy is buried next to the pre-dug grave, but Jody's headstone hadn’t come in yet.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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In 2016, when Rose was inducted into the Reds’ Hall of Fame and his number was retired and in 2017 when his statue was dedicated, the franchise was in a rebuilding phase, losing 94 games in each of those seasons.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The Hall of Famers Gallery honors every Hall of Famer inducted into the hall and a key symbol of the renovation is a cast racket for every inductee.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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Our latest project is La Casa di Maratea, a family villa in Basilicata, inaugurated a year ago.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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When Pope Francis was elected as Pope on March 13, 2013, he was inaugurated just six days later.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Burstein is currently nominated for his eighth Tony — a feat that ties him in the record books with Jason Robards Jr. for most nominations by a male performer.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
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For rabbits, install a fence with a minimum height of 18 inches with one-inch openings, such as inexpensive chicken wire, which will last a few seasons.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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And though Cena was dubbed WWE’s Superman, his rap heroics on You Can’t See Me became every critic’s kryptonite.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
9 May 2025
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Therefore the May revise, as it’s dubbed, is likely to contain even more expedient fixes that may postpone the day of fiscal reckoning until Newsom’s governorship ends two years hence but will continue to plague his successor and the Legislature.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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In this context, Comité Colbert initiated the creation of a European association of national luxury associations in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Sweden.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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That allows the Sky to utilize their bigs to initiate actions at the perimeter, such as dribble handoffs that create options for guards to cut, shoot or set up a new screen.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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“Baptize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baptize. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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