preachified

verb

past tense of preachify
as in preached

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  1. preached
  2. evangelized
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  • Both Blashill and Davidson have preached that the Hawks need to develop their young talent into NHL-ready players for the foreseeable future.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • All week long, the Packers preached stopping Robinson, understanding that’s exactly what happened in Weeks 1 and 2, when the Falcons struggled to get anything going on offense.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Catholics began to resurface around 1837 with another wave of European migrants who evangelized in the streets and in the name of the poor and immigrants.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • As the genre eventually called alt-country calcified in Souled American’s wake, luminaries like John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Tweedy himself all evangelized about the Chicago group without ever replicating their sound.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
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