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Recent Examples of pastor
The security guard had time to take aim at the shooter — whom police identified as a 31-year-old White male — because a deacon ran him over, according to the pastor, who was on the scene.
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 June 2025
Thankfully, the taco-heads in charge of fun on Fort Lauderdale’s Riverwalk will bring birria, al pastor, carnitas and carna asada handhelds from vendors including Emily’s Garden, Tulum Taco Shop, Heavenly Churros, EO’s Tacos, Pinky’s Tacos and MozzArepas.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Randy Adams is a pastor at Church on the Rock, a Protestant church about an hour from Kentucky’s capital, Frankfort.
—Lisa Fletcher, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
But some were accompanied by a pastor, volunteer or family member.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 June 2025
Thankfully, the taco-heads in charge of fun on Fort Lauderdale’s Riverwalk will bring birria, al pastor, carnitas and carna asada handhelds from vendors including Emily’s Garden, Tulum Taco Shop, Heavenly Churros, EO’s Tacos, Pinky’s Tacos and MozzArepas.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Randy Adams is a pastor at Church on the Rock, a Protestant church about an hour from Kentucky’s capital, Frankfort.
—Lisa Fletcher, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
But some were accompanied by a pastor, volunteer or family member.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastor
Noun
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Near the end of the service, the rector announced who the pope was — an American-born from Chicago.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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In a recording of a FaceTime call shared by the Vatican in January, the Pope could be seen speaking to Fathers Gabriel Romanelli and Youssef Asaad, the rector and vice rector of the parish.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His intelligence sources ranged from an anonymous stable boy to the minister Samuel Mather, son of the Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather and a brother-in-law of Massachusetts’ royal governor, Thomas Hutchinson.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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And there’s one collared clergyman hoisted onto someone’s shoulders.—
Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The collision injured Huss and killed his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Riddick.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
27 June 2025
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As such, a breezeway on the lower level helps shepherd cooling winds, as do roof apertures on the upper balconies.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The diocese was dominated by clerics who were members of Opus Dei, a very conservative sect of Catholicism, and Prevost, who had to become a Peruvian citizen to become a bishop, was charged with moving it back to the middle.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
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Among the overnight options in Trinity is Bishop White Manor, an 1830’s manse that was once home to Newfoundland’s Anglican bishop.—
JOE YOGERST,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Start with strategy, nail the fundamentals and curate telemetry.—
Bill Hineline,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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This interest followed him throughout his life, expanding during his education at King’s College London and Cambridge and into his work as a curate in Hampshire.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Pastor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastor. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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