anoint

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

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

Also helpful would have been more context to explain “It,” as the word has been used since the Jazz Age to anoint certain young women who have mysterious but undeniable charisma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Are voters waiting for the third one to anoint Villeneuve like they did Peter Jackson and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

“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

He even creates the genre “History as a Nightmare” and anoints Soviet novelist and political dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn its master practitioner.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

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

After her conviction for embezzlement last year, it became clear Le Pen would need a Plan B and eventually she anointed Bardella as her stand-in candidate.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Monuments to Adam Smith and David Hume on the Royal Mile have also been anointed with plastic crowns.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Valdes was anointed a "hero of the Republic" for his part in the revolution.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

They believe that God speaks directly to and through the NAR’s anointed apostles and prophets about current and sometimes future events.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

He may not have been an anointed Son of the Six, but he could certainly talk like one.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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 Coronation service last year, the oil used for anointing the King was animal free for the first time.

From BBC ● May 14, 2024

Welby conducted the service for the king’s coronation, and had the key task of anointing and crowning Charles and Queen Camilla at the ceremony.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 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