Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercessions
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In fact, Idaho and West Virginia both fielded petitions to have the Court review lower court's rulings in July of 2024, but the Supreme Court didn't grant those petitions until after its June 2025 decision in US versus Skrmetti.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026 -
But now in Georgia and across much of the country, protest signs against potential projects dot lawns, petitions amass thousands of signatures and voters cite data centers as a top-of-mind topic.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Late nights and anxious supplications.—
Steve Rushin,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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People also flooded her comments and DMs with prayers, encouragement and stories of their own.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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In other locations, particularly in southeastern Iran, rights groups said security forces fired directly at protesters in Zahedan after prayers, wounding several people.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Seneca’s and Cicero’s invocations of humanitas were as double-edged as our own talk of the humanities, pointing at once to a body of knowledge and to a moral choice that learning might inspire.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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Zed has led invocations for the Idaho Senate and Boise City Council.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Oct. 2025
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However, classic games do have a certain aesthetic that appeals to the nostalgic gamer.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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His attempt to win their loyalty against China relies on coercion and force rather than more traditional American appeals to the values of liberty and self-determination.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
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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
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Ellison has been trying for months to buy all of WBD, but his entreaties have been rebuffed.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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Donald filed for an appeal in February 1997, and a court heard his pleas in 2015 before overturning his convictions.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Both Maduro and his wife entered not guilty pleas earlier this week.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Intercessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercessions. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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