promised land

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Recent Examples of promised land This is the idea that God promised land that is now Israel and the Palestinian territories to Abraham and his descendants. Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024 California has been a beacon, a destination, a paradise and promised land ever since its headlong expansion in a rush of gold fever. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024 This Luna weighted blanket is the direct pathway to that promised land for many users. Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023 The death of Chadwick Boseman, who played the title role in the original film — a noble but untested leader of the fictional African promised land Wakanda — forced a radical reimagining of the franchise. Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for promised land
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Noun
  • History shows us that promises of utopia are dangerous.
    Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The anticipation of a world grown stale, the rot of what America had left behind ever ready to encroach, was of a piece with the puritan hunger for utopia.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Visitors can step into a foodie paradise featuring high-quality ingredients from honeys and oils to spice & sauce seasoning and BBQ rubs, delectable street food from Peru, Korea, India, Turkey, Scandinavia and more.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • The Galápagos Islands of Ecuador need no introduction: The famous laboratory for Charles Darwin and his research on evolution are a naturalist’s paradise, brimming with endemic species.
    Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Everyone will be looking at the heavens through powerful amateur telescopes.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • Blasts of wind, rolling surf, fissuring earth: these elemental threats appear and disappear like signs from the heavens, harbingers of the end times.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 May 2025

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