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After the vigil, Farris, the pastor, told media that the area has seen its share of tragedy and loss of life, including a deadly flood a few years ago.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Ben Mendelsohn steps into the role of Jeff and Leigh’s chipper pastor, which requires enthusiastic hymn-singing.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
My pastor said, ‘My job here only is to teach you how to speak to God.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin on Wednesday defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot a pastor with a pepper ball from a rooftop, after a video of the incident went viral this week.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Ben Mendelsohn steps into the role of Jeff and Leigh’s chipper pastor, which requires enthusiastic hymn-singing.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
My pastor said, ‘My job here only is to teach you how to speak to God.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin on Wednesday defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot a pastor with a pepper ball from a rooftop, after a video of the incident went viral this week.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastor
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As for the rector’s other housemates – a pair of scene-stealing dachshunds – Lewis is happily resigned to being upstaged.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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More than two dozen UVA Health leaders signed a letter to the university's rector and interim president, asking them to give Rosner the permanent position, the organization said in a news release.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, cousin Edmund, an aspiring clergyman, falls under the charms of Mary Crawford, written by Austen as a charming but immoral woman.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Blanc seeks to interview alongside another clergyman (O'Connor, 35).—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The archdiocese’s vicar general, the Rev. John Riley, has been appointed as the parish’s temporary administrator, the archdiocese said.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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Aquila served as a parochial vicar in two parishes from 1976 to 1982 and then as pastor at Denver’s Guardian Angels Parish from 1982 to 1987.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 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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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
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The second Eclogue—often thought to be autobiographical—offers a famous example in which the shepherd Corydon proclaims his love for the boy Alexis.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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On the same day Emerson got her dog, Denise Parker drove to Angel Paws to try to pick up Murphy Brown, her 58-pound Australian shepherd.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The current practice is for the Vatican to simply announce when a bishop has resigned without elaborating.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The collection found in Stockholm County also included some 800-year-old bishop’s coins, a more unusual type of coin minted specifically for church bishops in various locations, officials said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Kent State was reduced to a single photo because the press was far more centralized at the time, and had the power and the influence to edit, curate, and promote a particular version of an event.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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The discussion will dive into how Shudder curates and champions cutting-edge horror content for its devoted fanbase.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Pastor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastor. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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