as in preached
to deliver a sermon
did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize, especially to other world leaders
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Acts like Children of the Day, Larry Norman, and Love Song would perform, but the event was organized by Billy Graham and Bill Bright’s Campus Crusade for Christ, which preached the virtues of conservative Christianity to college students across the nation.—
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Carmelo preached patience, assuring Kiyan his time would come.—
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6 Jan. 2026
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“Sermonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonized. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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