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“If somebody has the means to go to the Hamptons in a helicopter, God bless them,” Lasek said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

My wife does the bulk of the troubleshooting on these problems, bless her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

God bless the poor little child,’ I said to your sister, ‘there’s room for him at the forge!’

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

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 me in Latin, talks to himself in English and I wonder what I did to him.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

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

Others around the sides took up the idea and in a while blessed whiffs of outside air began to circle about us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

But do you catch any whiff here that reminds you of ottar of roses or the perfume wafted from ‘Araby the blest?’

From Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator by J. W. Duffield

A Medicare decision, especially alongside a blessing from guideline groups like the American Cancer Society, is what tends to pry open the commercial market, says Dan Brennan of TD Cowen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"It was a blessing and an honour to be Amara's mother."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger. It is not a blessing of the broader merger,” Bonta said Monday.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

On Thursday, Paramount received the Federal Communications Commission’s blessing to bring in Middle Eastern royal families as significant stakeholders of the combined company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

In return, Headmaster placed his hand on Neel’s head in a gesture of blessing.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins