anoint

There is this idea that through market-controlling systems like the draft and the salary cap, any team, no matter how minor or shabby, may stumble into a transcendent talent and anoint a dynasty.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

England often anoint future skippers a long way out - they are usually specialist batters.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Look at the way we anoint actors, pop stars, politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

The third-placed Pheu Thai party of jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra agreed to join him in a coalition, alongside several smaller parties, and parliament will anoint him on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

“Wild fey, Shy Folk, come forward and anoint your prince,” says Val Moren.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Each year TED anoints a small cohort—scientists, artists, activists, and entrepreneurs—as TED Fellows, giving them visibility, coaching, and introductions to potential funders.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

A: When he anoints himself the story's hero.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2022

Those intangibles matter to Coach Ron Rivera, who has said that, when he anoints a franchise quarterback this offseason, he will look for leadership, decision-making and communication.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2021

He opens the flask, anoints me, while I seem to faint, with the authentic holy water used on the feet of the holy saint.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

According to Licence, this interpretation could help resolve a longstanding historical puzzle: why would a pope support the violent removal of an anointed king?

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Thatcher, his latest anointed icon, fares no better than a butterfly pinned to his mood board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

In the course of a whirlwind four weeks, every wing of the parliamentary Labour Party has anointed him as the only person able to reverse their electoral predicament.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

His father's second and final term runs until January, 2029 and the Republican president has not yet anointed a successor.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Every day she anointed it with the kerosene.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

In that sense, it appeared more like an anointing than a procedural formality: the veteran of the American left passing the baton to a younger standard-bearer.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

He was anointing them, he said, to become poll workers.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024

In the UK, the centre of the Coronation was a deeply religious ceremony, steeped in ancient tradition, with the anointing of the monarch with holy oil and a crown being placed upon his head.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024

With Reaves, the anointing was more of a formality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

But in his own field of endeavor, which he was now practicing, the slow, imperial smelling over and anointing of an area, he has no peer.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck