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

It was impossible to separate the photo with a by-election winner from the gathering to anoint a new leader which this also seemed to become, especially considering some of the MPs present.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

“Founders and investors have the ability to weaponize a startup’s balance sheet and make these huge investments at huge valuations to try to anoint a winner and suck all the air out of the room.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 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

"Governments must give everyone the possibility of earning their bread because this gives them dignity. Work anoints people with dignity," he said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 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

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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

Baby Kochamma recognized at once the immense potential of the situation, but immediately anointed her thoughts with unctuous oils.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

Nearly 10 years ago, Cancro performed the anointing of the sick — laying hands on a person who is ill, spreading oil on their forehead and praying — on Eguino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

The archbishop conducted the service for the Coronation and was tasked with anointing and crowning King Charles and Queen Camilla.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 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