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When Helmut Kohl pushed for France and the U.K. to bless reunification, he offered to limit the country’s military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 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

Mom, bless her, had figured it all out.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

These are from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus blesses the poor, the meek and the peacemakers, and then calls on his followers to turn the other cheek and love their enemies.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

As the echoing synth wanes, she blesses them and wishes them safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025

When the archbishop freezes mid-prayer, as he blesses the King in the Coronation chair, another clergyman teases: "You must have said this before."

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though He often blesses them when they are used discreetly.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The head of the Catholic Church blessed several babies as he stopped at different stages along the avenue as chants of "Leo, Leo" rang out.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Thank you for all the years we were blessed to know and love you, James,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

This blessed return to artful thinking was echoed again last week, when AMC announced its new distribution venture, Leawood Films, dedicated to getting as many eyes as possible on small and entirely independent movies.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Our revised route blessed us with hundreds of encounters with pilgrims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

He told her that he could see that she was highly born and blessed by good fortune.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Here rests his clay! his soul must ever rest, Who bless’d when living, dying must be blest.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

Wholeness doesn’t come from the absence of brokenness, but from dwelling honestly within that brokenness—and allowing the memory of a lost person to grow into a blessing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s a blessing of agency that sounds much easier to accept when you have more options than Cathy.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

“SNL” lives in the now, and that can be a blessing and a curse, like when you feel like you’ve seen the same cold open lampooning President Trump 15 times already.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

"You don't have to tell me. Do you want to know what my blessing was?"

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat