as in praised
to proclaim the glory of
during the honeymoon following the inauguration, newspaper articles seemed to hymn the president's every move
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Recent Examples of hymned
Happiness, as hymned in these renditions, would never be won easily.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hymned
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All of those Democratic contenders had quickly called on Swalwell to quit the race and praised the women who came forward.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Before Mamdani spoke, the crowd heard from a city transportation department staffer to hear about Mamdani’s pothole filling blitz; a tenant organizer who praised the mayor’s focus on renters; and a mother who boosted his push to expand child care programs in the city.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Leo celebrated Mass at the Yaounde Airport for thousands of people, including President Paul Biya — at 93 the world’s oldest leader.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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April 9 is celebrated annually in the Philippines as a national observance, the Day of Valor, commemorating the fall of Bataan.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Yet the pattern is blessed only in retrospect.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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It’s blessed with a sunny climate too, which helps make the vegetables fat and juicy and its vineyards’ wines robust and plentiful.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Hymned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hymned. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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