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“So happy anniversary. God bless you, and God bless the United States.”

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Shareholders would have to bless any deal at Tesla, where Musk now holds just under 20% of the vote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Nearby, Iowa state congressman Eddie Andrews was hanging off the back of a farm tractor draped with stars-and-stripes livery, shouting "God bless America!" at the top of his lungs to crowds headed toward the Mall.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Because we were poor, and he was supporting this, bless his heart.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

When no one could eat any more, the Professor proposed the first regular toast, which was always drunk at such times—“Aunt March, God bless her!”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

If California blesses liability for the pace of innovation, other states will feel the pull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

The firm’s sole female partner, Close’s Dina Standish, blesses their exit, encouraging them to take Nash-Betts’ lead investigator, Emerald Greene, with them.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

And his mother blesses him with water and basil leaves to keep the bad vibrations away.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

In González’s view, “God blesses those who shake hands with those who need it. I hope that the politicians think of us and give us that helping hand that we need.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

Jem said, “You can be Mr. Damon, Dill. He’s always funny and he saves everybody in the end. You know, he always blesses everything.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Billy receives his medicine through the NHS, something Charlotte said the family is "blessed" to have, but she argues that many needy patients are being left behind.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“I’ve had a super blessed writing career, but the highest highs I’ve ever had are on a baseball field.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

“I’m very delighted and blessed and thrilled to say I’ve got so many grandparents now.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

I’m quickly blessed with the stench of what smells like rotting meat.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

It is “twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2017

"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; / While thou shalt flourish great and free, / The dread and envy of them all."

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016

"In a land where movement is virtue, where the echo of heels clicking rapidly on pavement is inordinately blest, it is a grand, defiant, and edifying gesture to lie down for six months."

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015

I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.

From The Guardian ● May 26, 2014

Why, it's like one o' those Chow-chow dogs, I'm blest if it isn't!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 by Various

"The grim physical state he found himself in has now ended, a blessing. Our blessing was that we had Tim Curry in our lives. RIP, my friend," he wrote.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Financial planning has typically treated a long life as a blessing and an early death as the tragedy to guard against.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Assuming they get the blessing of the NBA board of governors, Iger and Kushner will own the Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Kalia recently started controlling agents from his Apple Watch, which is proving to be a blessing and a curse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

“Que Dios los bendiga,” Mamá said, giving us her blessing.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez