as in hymns
a religious song
sang carols at the Christmas Eve service
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to proclaim the glory of
landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley
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Recent Examples of carols
Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The inspiring and idiosyncratic debut from a 53-year-old priest in Greece pinballs between drone metal and techno Christmas carols, field recordings and hymns.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
During the Christmas holidays, children from the village comes to sing South Tyrolean carols in exchange for sweet treats, a local tradition that’s sort of like a South Tyrolean Halloween.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Onscreen, contestants raced to solve word puzzles, spinning the wheel of fortune and following clues about Christmas carols.
—Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
Rutter is especially known for his original Christmas music as well as his choral arrangements of Christmas carols, and the program included some of that repertoire.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
Best of all, chorus members remain after the concert to enjoy refreshments with the residents and lead sing-alongs of our favorite carols.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
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That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The inspiring and idiosyncratic debut from a 53-year-old priest in Greece pinballs between drone metal and techno Christmas carols, field recordings and hymns.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
During the Christmas holidays, children from the village comes to sing South Tyrolean carols in exchange for sweet treats, a local tradition that’s sort of like a South Tyrolean Halloween.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Onscreen, contestants raced to solve word puzzles, spinning the wheel of fortune and following clues about Christmas carols.
—Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
Rutter is especially known for his original Christmas music as well as his choral arrangements of Christmas carols, and the program included some of that repertoire.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
Best of all, chorus members remain after the concert to enjoy refreshments with the residents and lead sing-alongs of our favorite carols.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carols
Noun
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The album features mountain songs, ballads and folk hymns that celebrate traditional American music.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
4 June 2026
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The service of hymns and prayer will be followed by a memorial roll call of members of the armed services who died in active duty.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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As the crowd chants largely out of sight, heavy automatic gunfire can be heard for 15 uninterrupted seconds.—
Marin Scott,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Barmy Army chants restart as the England players partly walk over to applaud them.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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The Jamaica international has scored four of City’s 14 goals from corners, but Restrepo in particular praises her influence in defence.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Duarte also praises this formula for its lightweight feel and impressive color payoff.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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People are fixating on celebrities of all kinds, accusing singers of body-positive anthems of being hypocritical, rolling their eyes at athletes promoting weight loss drugs and whispering about the thinness of their favorite movie stars.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The performance will be followed by a selection of anthems.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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His older daughter, Dahlia, sings one of the songs from the musical.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, who rocks an early era Maxwell ‘fro, plays drums, plucks bass, and sings about the ups and downs of love and consumerism on his new album, LK99.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
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The latest collection, Vibrations of Spring, celebrates the end of winter, the cessation of snow and silence, the way light changes as summer approaches.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Taubman Museum of Art Located in a spectacular curved steel and glass building designed by a protégé of Frank Gehry, Taubman Museum of Art celebrates its 75th year in 2026.—
Julekha Dash,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Comfort spreads as the fertile Moon blesses your home zone and sextiles therapeutic Chiron in your 6th House of Sustainability.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Carols.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carols. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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