hosanna
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He deserves a hosanna for saying: “Every time something bad happens, I say: ‘Good.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020
“He makes me do things I don’t wanna do,” Autumn sings, braving it alone onstage and turning a 1963 pop hosanna into something close to a mournful protest.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
The group objected to a single word used in the movie: hosanna.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
Mormons repeat “Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, to God and the Lamb” three times, sometimes accompanied by the waving of white handkerchiefs.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
That their fraternity engaged in quasi-religious chanting and oath taking and hosanna hailing, all of it top secret, made it that much more appealing.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Shout-outs and hosannas too to the custom-compounded Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
You’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead, so that explains the hosannas swirling around for Bishop Tod D. Brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Then the crowds descended on Mossadegh’s home, their eyes burning with fanatical fire, and shouted hosannas for the old man.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Powell died on Monday from COVID-19, and the mainstream press is awash in hosannas for the man.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2021
Messner and Habeler’s historic deed was not greeted with hosannas in all quarters, however, especially among the Sherpas.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Disband these New England societies—nurseries of a system of steadily augmenting laudation and hosannaing, which; if persisted in uncurbed, may some day in the remote future beguile you into prevaricating and bragging.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain
