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According to the Pew Research Center, historically between one-third and one-half of Americans observe this pagan rite every year by making their own New Year’s resolutions.—
Bhumika Tharoor,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025 -
The crowds, many dressed as druids and pagans, had gathered before dawn, waiting patiently in the dark and cold field in southwest England.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Being a progressive atheist in the heart of the Bible Belt can be exhausting.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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Blanc, a strict skeptic and a gay man, has no use for Catholic dogma, but even an atheist would be moved by Jud’s humility, and by the genuine sweetness and sincerity of O’Connor’s performance.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
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Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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For those infidels keeping score at home, exactly one year ago today, Carrnac gazed into his crystal ball and presciently predicted both the acquittal of Karen Read and the conviction of Tania Fernandes Anderson.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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The group follows an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and considers Shiites to be infidels.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2025
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Excessive entanglement would affect the government's independence and potentially give religious adherents access to government not available to nonbelievers.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
28 Nov. 2025
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Why don’t religious people make similar allowances for nonbelievers?—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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The basic original recipe for latkes—grated potatoes formed into small cakes and fried—was similar to ones popular at the time among gentiles in Eastern Europe during the Christmas season.—
Joan Nathan,
Saveur,
4 Dec. 2025
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Nothing can be done, at this point, about the dubious premise that mainstream Jews and gentiles in 2020s Los Angeles occupy separate social worlds.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Founding Fathers knew of the fate of the 3,000 idolaters who prayed at the golden calf while Moses conversed with God on Mount Sinai, and of the money-changers driven from the Temple by Jesus.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2024
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Throngs of idolaters gather just to watch the team buses arrive.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2024
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“Giaour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giaour. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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