saint

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Recent Examples of saint The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 With a recent project focusing on the lives of eight Catholic saints, as well as his commitment to the Aldeas documentary, Scorsese continues to examine his faith. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025 The legend traces back to a 12th-century Irish saint (St. Malachy) and a long list of foretold popes, beginning in the 1100s and ending after 112 popes. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 May 2025 After that, the Vatican must accept the validity of a second miracle attributed to the person’s intercession for them to be declared a saint. Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for saint
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Noun
  • Carell stars as a grown man who is, indeed, still a virgin and is desperate to find someone not only to be physically intimate with, but also to forge a romantic and emotional connection with.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
  • The consoling notion of divine impregnation was commonplace in the Hellenistic world, with countless tales of gods foisting demigods on virgins.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the early nineties, Pavement looked like a funny paradox, a crew of cherubs in collared shirts backed by Young, a long-haired, often shirtless showman pounding his drums.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • In the yard the stone statues of two naked cherubs hug, an orange tree is laden with fruit and the flame red hibiscus and poinsettia are in full bloom.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trainer Michael McCarthy saddled the 3-year-old colt to a masterful win Saturday in 1 minute, 55.47 seconds.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
  • Getty Images Notably absent from the race, however, was Sovereignty, the 3-year-old colt who won the Kentucky Derby.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2025

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“Saint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saint. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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