intercessions

Definition of intercessionsnext
plural of intercession

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Noun
  • And police file a large majority of the petitions.
    Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Though Lomeli denied both her 2021 and 2026 petitions, she is allowed to continue filing similar requests in the future, a notion that is deeply unsettling for Gabriel’s relatives.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Late nights and anxious supplications.
    Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Outside, the protesters sang hymns and chanted prayers and held signs and images of the Virgin Mary.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Another ancient tradition is the extensive prayers of the faithful, interspersed with genuflections, which today include intentions as varied as praying for the pope, for the Jewish people, and for those who do not believe in God.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As his invocations crescendoed, so did the music behind him and the Legacy Mass Choir broke into a rousing gospel performance to start the homegoing services.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In reality, only 17 out of 45 presidents — or 37% — utilized the law, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy organization that in 2022 tracked all Insurrection Act invocations.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The case was originally set for trial this summer, but the trial is on hold until the appeals are complete.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The older two initially resist their parents’ appeals to immerse themselves in nature, but the youngest, who is mute, explores the area and finds a magical tree inhabited by a group of extraordinary characters.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kibandi discussed with us about the power of art in creating change and how photography can be a vehicle for culture expanding orisons for girls and women.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Sununu’s dad served as governor, as did his brother Chris, who refused entreaties to run in the party’s Senate races.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This kind of boosterism—no less evident in Bernard Lewis’s highbrow argument in The New Yorker that Muslims fear modernity than in Niall Ferguson’s entreaties for the Bush Administration to resume the British Empire’s task of civilizing the natives—always seemed bafflingly sterile to me.
    Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His lawyers did not enter pleas to the charges or apply for his release on bail.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • However, despite pleas from Owens’ family, Lorincz was not charged with second-degree murder, a first-degree felony.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Intercessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercessions. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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