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"God bless you Dolly Parton my friend, I am not the only one on Earth who will love you for ever and ever."

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life,” he wrote on X. “Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

There, he will bless a plaque dedicated to Pope Francis -- who chose Lampedusa for his very first trip following his election in 2013 -- before celebrating mass in a sports field.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Then I say: “God bless Mommy, come home soon.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

She wrote: "Autism blesses those of us who have it with the ability to spot fakes from a mile off."

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022

He blesses our journey; we thank him and walk on.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

"I have made mistakes, but I have been blessed to be a priest and a bishop over the past 49 years."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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

At the Maria Cabrales school, principal Regla Maria Perera, 64, said there is an art to running a school that has no electricity and is not blessed with good natural light.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

A town lawyer and Rowan reached a settlement that blessed the property as a restaurant, with some concessions from the private-equity billionaire, including a promise to never provide ferry access.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

For years, my parents and relatives tried to convince me that I'd been blessed with a normal-size nose.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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

Je-sus meant by this that those who were fond of peace, and did not love strife, might dwell where they chose, and would be blest in this world and the world to come.

From Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood by Josephine Pollard

Even the American Bison Society, founded in 1905 with Roosevelt’s blessing, ran on private money—its members raised about $10,000 to buy the herd that stocked a new federal preserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

Corrie's nine-year-old daughter Ellie, who was born nine months after he went missing, has also been a blessing, Nicola says.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

And when the 1907-built edifice required maintenance, some party members did not view it as a blessing.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

He would return that blessing with a kindness.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson