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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

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

God bless them for their noise and colour and all-round cuddliness.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“I won’t sit at that table and I won’t ask the Lord to bless it. No, sir. Surely won’t.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

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

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

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

And then—the glory—so that a cricket song sweetens his ears, the smell of the earth rises chanting to his nose, and dappling light under a tree blesses his eyes.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

He cast himself as having blessed the increase, saying he told Warsh he might as well vote with a board that was going to act anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Rarely, if ever, has international soccer been blessed with a deeper, more talented and charismatic group of young stars.

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

Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall says she is "lucky and blessed to be alive" after being involved in a car crash.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Nor would I be blessed with several new additions to my homestead family.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Oh, my lord," he said, "I didn't know; but with petticoats and a dark night, blest if you know where you are!

From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman

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

Looking back now, he calls it a blessing.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“It’s a blessing to have somebody like that in your corner, especially rooting for you, to be able to see your talent, like what you’re capable of,” De Paula said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The greatest single blessing of the United States is that we’ve enjoyed a peaceful transfer of power after every election because we respect the results.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Shetani was no blessing to the people of Lkossa; it was a menace.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray