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Noun
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Image Foreign Christian missionaries have kept their distance from Kosovo’s conversion campaign.—
Fatjona Mejdini,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2025 -
The question is woven through the story of two Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, both excellent) who answer the call of a man (Hugh Grant, wonderfully leaning into his malevolent side) who decides to challenge them on all of their beliefs.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
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Brigham Young and the 11 other apostles had to draw strings to see who was going to talk to be the next prophet.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Erastus Snow was an apostle from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in charge of Arizona colonization.—
Zach Bradshaw,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Dec. 2024
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Other officers train soldiers in tactical and planning skills.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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The plane had 60 passengers and four crew members on board, and the helicopter was carrying three soldiers.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
1 Feb. 2025
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With Donald Trump in the White House again, this Know Nothing legacy has its most powerful acolyte ever.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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At this point, Matthew is still at the bottom of the pecking order, an appendage and acolyte who understands the delicacy of his station.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes the Supper at Emmaus, when Christ met two disciples after his resurrection, was depicted showing the disciples as contemporary pilgrims.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025
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Glenn, a disciple of Parcells and Payton, has been labeled a culture-builder—a coach who gets players to buy into and influence the organization.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Columbus was an adherent of the twelfth-century Italian monk Joachim of Fiore, whose chronological template of God’s plan for humankind progressed in three stages of spiritual development.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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As their world crumbled around them, many found hope in a dance ritual that adherents believed would ultimately spark an upheaval in which their enemies would be ousted and their once-free existence restored.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
29 Dec. 2024
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But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith.—
Jeff Weiss,
Spin,
21 Aug. 2023
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Many remember the Cultural Revolution as a time of Red Guard excess—of the people terrorizing the votaries of the party.—
Mary Gallagher,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2023
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Barrera, who starred in the fifth and sixth entries, was fired by Spyglass Media in November 2023 after directing social media followers to donate money to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East amid the Israel-Hamas War.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Bieber modeled for her Instagram followers in November 2024.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
30 Jan. 2025
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