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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

"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

The jokers Toth and Jackson, bless them, keep things endearing and funny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Thank’ee dear boy, thank’ee. God bless you! You’ve never deserted me, dear boy.”

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

Where it once landed on Dennis Lillee, Merv Hughes, David Boon and then Mitchell Johnson, it now blesses the upper lip of Head.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023

Her magic blesses us and all that we see.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Mr. Douglas was blessed to have a mother whose tenderness helped to compensate for the temper of his father, the movie star Kirk Douglas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

"We’re grateful that the pope has blessed us so that we can create his image," 48-year-old worker Lener Mendoza said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Many Sparks said they felt blessed to have formed relationships with Leslie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The Lord has truly blessed us today, amen.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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

Ja-cob said, I will not let thee go till thou hast blest me.

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

The Big Ten was the primary driving force behind the expansion, which gained momentum recently when the Southeastern Conference gave its blessing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

At his weekly blessing on Sunday, the pope said doctors had recently found a small, localized nodule in his lung.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

To know we had him be a part of my project was a blessing and says a lot about the work that has been done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“I count it a true blessing that there are no diapers in my wash.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson