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Recent Examples of celibateFebos finds common ground with both voluntarily and involuntarily celibate individuals.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 5 June 2025 But my celibate year was one of the happiest of my life.—Sarah Viren
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025 When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in 2019 to discuss the ordination of married men in remote parts of South America, the meeting raised expectations about the possibility of revolutionizing the celibate priesthood.—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025 For many traditionalists, effective enforcement of this teaching would mean cracking down on homosexuality among the clergy, including gay clergy who are celibate and chaste.—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018 See All Example Sentences for celibate
Ivan Neville has been on a few times and always talks being abstinent.
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Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
As a purist, Murray defines sobriety as being completely abstinent from habit-forming substances that could cause dependency, including prescription drugs like Xanax and Suboxone.
Her razor-sharp songwriting, which is quippy like Kacey Musgraves and relatable like Taylor Swift, documents Zoee's cross-continent move, a handful of heartbreaks, and reflections on femininity.
Outside the States, Starlink has also won the business of a growing flock of airlines, including plans for fleetwide deployments on the multi-continent carriers Air France, SAS, and Qatar Airways.
The innocent landowners outlined in the bills are defined as those who have pollution on their property due to no fault of their own.
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Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Ken Woroner—Netflix In Shelley's book, the Creature either directly murders or is responsible for the deaths of several innocent people as part as his quest for vengeance against Victor.
The material is washed, processed locally into balls, flakes and/or pellets that meet European industrial standards, and then spun into a high-grade thread, without blending with virgin plastic or chemical additives.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
The new jeans mark a pivotal step on the Dutch brand’s Road to 100 mission to create jeans made entirely from old denim, eliminating the need for virgin cotton altogether.
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