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Recent Examples of saint
Mirai is the story of a young orphan (Sajja) who pickpockets for livelihood but finds the path of truth and spirituality thanks to a saint.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Who among us, faced with a life of shame and rejection, could endure it like a saint and not a villain?
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Looming over the photo was a statue of La Santa Muerte, known among law enforcement as a saint invoked to protect criminal acts.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Today's talkers Meet the first millennial saint.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Who among us, faced with a life of shame and rejection, could endure it like a saint and not a villain?
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Looming over the photo was a statue of La Santa Muerte, known among law enforcement as a saint invoked to protect criminal acts.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Today's talkers Meet the first millennial saint.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saint
Noun
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According to Castro, nuns, who were supposed to be professional virgins—no Duke of Monmouth for them—could try bloodletting or enemas for a cure.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
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Shin Soon-ae died a virgin and believes her unfinished ghost business is to get laid.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Out went the restrained décor of previous administrations; in came gilt cherubs, Rococo mirrors, and medallions gleaming with theatrical flair.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
3 Aug. 2025
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Trump has also made significant decorative changes to the Oval Office, incorporating gold accents, cherubs and other ornate touches, and has installed large flagpoles to display American flags on both the north and south lawns.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Saint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saint. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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